2020 - 2022
Crowdfunded $25k to launch the Book Report Project, an innovative program where children earn books by submitting book reports.
Filmed the pilot for Read About It!, an unscripted series that brings books to life through literary-based field trips across Tampa Bay, FL.
Hosted the inaugural Art of Literacy Gallery Pop-Up at Coastal Creative, showcasing community art.
Awarded funding from the Pinellas Community Foundation Social Justice Grant for the Family Literacy Engagement Study under the St. Pete Reads! Initiative.
Received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Pinellas, and the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to establish the Art of Literacy Residence Program.
Created the annual St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest in partnership with Barbershop Book Club and St. Petersburg College, celebrating children’s literature and highlighting literary arts resources for youth and families in South St. Pete. Follow @StPeteReadsLitFest on Instagram!
Creative Pinellas | A Lit Fest for Kids Makes its Debut
Creative Pinellas | A Lit Fest for Kids Makes its Debut
Creative Pinellas | Helping Your Kids Learn to Love Reading
Bay News 9 | Justice For All Family Literacy Month Event tackles achievement gaps
Tampa Bay Times | St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest is Saturday. Here’s what to know.
Creative Pinellas | Celebrating the #LiteracyLifestyle
Catalyst : THRIVE | Cultured Books takes $15,000 grand prize at SVP Fast Pitch competition
‘Burg Life | Bringing Change Through Books
Good Morning America | How 1 bookstore helps kids develop better reading skills
i love the burg | Cultured Books begins filming Reading Rainbow-inspired series “Read About It” in St. Pete
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay | Independent Bookstore Day happens this Saturday in Tampa Bay
Creative Pinellas | The Book Pusher Changing Kids’ Lives,
One Book at a Time
The Gabber | What We’re Reading: Black History
Tampa Bay Times | At St. Petersburg MLK Expo, kids and vendors cultivate their dreams
Catalyst : THE HUSTLE | LORIELLE J. HOLLAWAY (CULTURED BOOKS)
Tampa Bay Times | St. Petersburg’s Cultured Books makes literacy-based show for youth
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay | St. Pete's Cultured Books launches literacy-minded ‘Reading Rainbow’ style web series
The Harvard Crimson | No, You Don’t Need To #SaveTheStrand
Tampa Bay Times | At St. Pete’s Cultured Books, black children’s stories are about more than struggle
St. Pete Catalyst | Cultured Books is changing the narrative for children in South St. Pete and beyond
i love the burg | Cultured Books launches fundraiser for the Book Report Project
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay | St. Pete children's bookstore says kid's book report will pay for books
The Gabber | Book Report Project Keeps Kids Reading
Pure Wow | 8 Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Right Now (and Always)
MPR News | A bookseller recommends 'I Am Every Good Thing' for back to school
The Weekly Challenger | Master Barber Antonio Brown’s ‘Barbershop Book Club’ expands
Publishers Weekly | Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Now
St. Pete Catalyst | Here’s who took the top spot at St. Pete Pitch Night
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay | How to talk to your kids about racism and the protests for George Floyd across Tampa Bay
POPSUGAR. | Stock Up on Books From These Black-Owned Bookshops Across the US
Book Riot | 50 BLACK-OWNED INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES YOU CAN SUPPORT TODAY
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | The summer reads Black bookstore owners are recommending
Good Housekeeping | 80+ Black-Owned Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
Entertainment Weekly | 47 black-owned bookstores across the country that you can support
Glazer Museum | Juneteenth Storytime With Cultured Books
The Weekly Challenger | Promote Anti-Racism St. Pete: An organization that wants to turn allies into accomplices
Bustle | 27 Black-Owned Bookstores To Support Today & Always
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay | Best of the Bay 2020 Goods & Services
WUSF Public Media | 'It's Hard To Have These Conversations,' A Black Mom Talks To Her Kids About Race and Civil Unrest
Inc. Magazine | The Covid Quarantine Is Fueling a Boom in New Online Ventures
ABC Action News Tampa Bay | Word Book Box in St. Pete encourages children to read, open their imagination
