I am a contact linguist and creolist interested in language emergence and change; in the use and borrowing of pragmatic markers and other highly multifunctional, context-dependent features of language; and in the (meta)linguistic knowledge and lived experiences of language users. Much of my work centers on Kwéyòl Donmnik (Dominica Creole) and its source languages; I am also interested in other Black language practices, such as African American Language. I am passionate about the inclusion of minoritized languages in linguistics pedagogy and am engaged in a collaborative project examining the linguistic and professional experiences of Black faculty in the language sciences. What I find most fulfilling about being a linguist is having opportunities to spark ah-ha! moments about varieties and features of language that are marginalized, stigmatized, or overlooked. I use several methodologies in my research, including corpus-based analyses, thematic analyses of interviews and surveys, and experimental tasks.