About Some of Us

SOME OF US NOTECARDS was founded on a very cold winter morning on Martha's Vineyard when it occurred me that there ought to be a way to capture the beauty of every season on the Island. Some of Us Cards is the culmination of a life-long love of   representing joy on paper, particularly, images that highlight women of color.  

                                                               I am a native New Yorker, a writer, a professor, a chaplain, a mom and a lover of                                                                                       all things paper. I started collecting stationery and stickers in elementary school, and                                                                               writing anchored my passion for the page.  I spent a blissful ten years of undergraduate and                                                                 graduate study at Rutgers, University  of Maryland and Yale embedded in the magic of   

                                                               books, moonlighting along the way as a  freelance book reviewer and theater critic. 

                                                                My dream is to create beautiful notecards that are locally made, environmentally                                                                                      responsible, and sensitive to the price points, desires and needs of historically minoritized                                                                      populations, including women, people of color, and all gender and love iterations. Since it's                                                                   founding in 2022, Some of Us Notecards has sold over 12,000 cards.

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After an unexpected breast cancer diagnosis, I took a year off; I relaunched in 2025, earning a nomination and ultimately winning the 2025 Greeting Card of the Year Award from the International Greeting Card Association ("Celebrating Black Culture" category).​ To date, Some of Us Notecards are available in bookshops, gift shops and boutiques  all around the US, with many custom designs sold all around the island of  Martha's Vineyard, my home away from home. And as often as possible, I try to connect with each and every one of the amazing folks who carry my cards.  

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I love drinking hot coffee on the beach mid-winter, reading the New Yorker on Sunday mornings, and spending fall weekends in the Berkshire mountains with my daughters and my mini-poodle, Anderson Cooper.