A portfolio of ideas brought to life
Everything you’ll find here stems from a single belief: when we stop looking for what we expect, we finally see what is actually possible.
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I’ve always been curious about the things we take for granted, the problems we’ve learned to live with, and the possibilities we have yet to explore.
While my background is in technology, strategy, and business, my curiosity has never fit neatly into a single box.
As a Black woman, I navigate the world through a lens that allows me to see what is easily dismissed.
I notice what others overlook and recognize the value in what is already there. That is the common thread across everything I build: uncovering the unseen, seeing what’s missing, and finding a way to go get it.
It’s a practice of paying attention. My work begins with what is present but unseen: the intelligence held in our lived experiences, the quiet fears driving workplace behavior, the cultural memory inside ordinary objects, and the intentional atmosphere that turns a simple service into an occasion.
I build to make those layers visible, usable, and enduring.
I’ve always wondered what becomes possible when technology understands more than the moment we’re in.
Ever brings your past, present, and future into conversation, helping you navigate everyday life while keeping your choices connected to the future you want to build.
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Past · Present · Future
What if some of the things shaping your life are definitions you don’t even realize you carry?
VQ explores the meanings we form unconsciously through experience. VeeCue helps uncover and connect them, so you can understand what’s influencing how you see yourself and the world, and decide what to do with that understanding.
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Surface · Connect · Map
We spend so much time asking what AI can do. But what does it mean for people?
Phenomenal Intelligence helps organizations navigate the fears, questions, and shifts in identity and value that come with AI adoption. Because successful transformation isn’t just about the technology. It’s about the people experiencing it.
PhenomenalIntelligence.com ↗I see profound beauty in the overlooked.
Maison Origin transforms everyday African ingenuity, objects, and memories into exquisite high jewelry through a design language I call Subversive Nostalgia. It’s about recognizing the extraordinary in what we’ve come to see as ordinary.
Explore Original.Africa ↗
Subversive Nostalgia
And yes, I also own a French tearoom!
I wanted to create a place where people could indulge in something beautiful without needing a special occasion.
Set in a historic Wichita home, The French Tearoom brings together French-inspired cuisine, elegant surroundings, and thoughtfully hosted experiences. A place to gather, celebrate, linger, or simply enjoy being.
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Wichita · By reservation
Mariama
I pay attention to what ordinary language misses. My path runs from technical engineering and global business leadership to building founder-led ventures across intelligent systems, African luxury, and hospitality.
I am at my best when the challenge is complex, the stakes are real, and the path is not yet obvious. I connect technology to human needs, set the strategy, and turn bold direction into execution. I see the whole system, figure out what matters, and move the work forward.
Mariama Creates
This portfolio is the studio door. The ventures are where each idea becomes its own world.