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I am a healthcare executive completing a dual degree, Master of Public Health / Doctor of Health Sciences, focused on raising awareness about behavioral health, specifically among teens and college students. My dissertation research is focused on raising up the voice of college students beginning with communities of color. I am committed to helping people connect to their purpose in collaboration with mission-aligned leaders. Together we will achieve great things!

Our project is a first step in raising awareness about a national health epidemic. All proceeds are reinvested directly into proactive strategies for improving behavioral health among youth, teens, and young adults in collaboration with community partners.

Our youth, teens, and young adults are reporting the highest levels of loneliness on record according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Our work is going to help change that through simple actions that bring people together for the common good, focused on lifting people up, and creating stronger in person connections.



God’s Love (In Your Love)

Lyrics written by me, vocals and instrumentals produced with AI

Don't Question It

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“Running Out California” is an urgent protest-love anthem disguised as a heartbreak banger. Clocking in at ~92 BPM, this genre-bending track fuses Afro-electronic percussion, cinematic R&B strings, pulsing synth basslines, and ghostlike group vocals. The result: a modern classic that sounds like Kendrick Lamar meeting Stromae in a smoky L.A. aftershock.

Penned by acclaimed writer Aime Pandi Bapaga, performed by Ignatius Spooling, and produced by NuVox, Running Out California tells the story of a man emotionally, spiritually, and physically fleeing the City of Angels — but refusing to leave the one he loves behind.

Set against cracked boulevards and broken dreams, it’s a track that lives at the intersection of protest-pop, moody Afro-fusion, and cinematic R&B. The chorus echoes with both resignation and defiance:
“I’m not leaving without you babe… even if I run out California.”

Lyrics by Aime Pandi Bapaga

Title: Running Out California

[Intro – mantra loop]
I am running out,
Running out,
Running out California.
I am running out,
Running out,
Running out the City of Angels.

In the city, city, city — I’m a stranger.
In the city, city, city — I’m in danger.
I am running out California.
I am running out California.
I am running out California.
I am running out…

[Verse 1]
It hit me like earthquakes and lightning,
Light-speed, fast — no warning, just frightening.
Tremors through my spine,
Cracks in my soul,
Love don’t live here — it’s bitter and cold.

“Is this the prayer you preach?”
Tell me, Rabbi — do you reach?
‘Cause I’m losing it,
Losing grip,
Slipping in a city where truth don’t stick.

[Pre-Chorus]
I got to save my soul,
I got to save my soul.
Save face or fall,
Save face or fall.
My life is flashing before my eyes —
On the 10, speeding out of L.A. skies.
Ain’t giving an eye for an eye,
Still… I cry.

[Chorus – breakdown vocal / open & echoed]
But I’m not leaving without you babe,
Not leaving without you babe.
I’m not leaving without you babe.
(Yeah yeah yeah…)
ehe eh eh
ehe eh eh
ehe eh eh
ehe eh eh
ehe eh eh

[Bridge – spoken or chanted, with rising synths]
City of angels — where are your wings?
You bless the cruel, and crucify things.
There’s blood in the boulevards, gold in the pain,
I’m chasing my shadow down memory lane.

[Chorus – reprise]
But I’m not leaving without you babe,
No, I’m not leaving without you babe,
I’m not leaving without you babe.
Even if I run out California,
Even if I run out California.

[Outro – mantra fade, dark pads + heartbeat kick]
Running out, running out… California.
Running out, running out… California.
City of angels, I’m in danger.
City of angels, I’m a stranger.
Running out… running out…
But not without you.

3:33

Running Out California

In this remix Ivy sings about not giving up on a sometimes difficult relationship

Can't Just Walk Away (Gotta Give It One More Try) (Cover)

RUE – “Say Sum’n (feat. Selene of CovenX)”
From the debut EP “Killin’ Time”

A raw, late-night confession.
“Say Sum’n” finds RUE caught in the quiet unraveling of a love that won’t speak its truth.

Featuring a vulnerable guest verse from Selene of CovenX, the track flips perspectives —
first from the man still holding on,
then from the woman who can’t explain why she’s letting go.

Layered in English and Korean,
with simmering vocals and blunt rap lines,
this is 90s R&B meets K-R&B heartbreak at its most honest.

Say Sum’n (feat. Selene)

🔊 NEVER SENT – voice memo ballad for the brokenhearted at 2:47 AM
shirtless. chain on. hoodie smells like him.
this ain’t a song – it’s the message I never sent.
recorded in the silence between relapse and regret.
queer heartbreak. raw voice. barefoot truth.
if you’ve ever typed “come through” and deleted it… this one’s yours.

💔🕯️🌧️
#NeverSent #QueerRNB #MidnightConfession #VoiceMemoVibes #LoFiHeartbreak #GayRnB #ToxicLove #RainyBeats #808Soul #UnsentMessages

Never Sent (2:47 am)

Reciprocate

(Verse 1)
I dyed my hair that peachy-brown (mmm, peachy)
To remind you of the sweetness you forgot (yeah, babe).
You love when the night is full (full of it),
Full of the flowers I drown myself in (gardenias…).
Peonies running through my veins (ohh),
Perfume heavy like the summer rain.

(Pre-Chorus)
But you don’t see what’s inside of me (nah, nah),
You don’t see the pain, the quiet agony (baby).

(Chorus)
I once had a fire (I had a fire),
It burned like the sun (so bright, so bright).
I once had a fire (uh-huh),
But I killed it for your love (mmm, for you).

I once had a fire (I had it, I had it),
That lit up the night (all night long).
I once had a fire (fire, fire),
But I smothered it for your life (for you, baby).

(Verse 2)
They say I’m too fucked up to love you (fuck it),
And maybe they’re right (maybe, maybe).
Nobody knows the weight of the sacrifice I made (sacrifice).
Like a dying star fading from the sky (fallin’ down),
I’ll explode, turn to dust— (ohh)
Maybe then I’ll be someone you like (maybe, babe).

(Pre-Chorus)
But you don’t see what’s inside of me (inside of me),
You don’t see the grief or the tragedy (so heavy).
You don’t see what’s killing me quietly (quietly, quietly),
And you don’t want to (don’t wanna know).

(Chorus)
I once had a fire (I had a fire),
It burned like the sun (so bright, so bright).
I once had a fire (uh-huh),
But I killed it for your love (mmm, for you).

I once had a fire (I had it, I had it),
That lit up the night (all night long).
I once had a fire (fire, fire),
But I smothered it for your life (for you, baby).

(Bridge)
You never liked the way I spoke (never did),
Or the way I gasped for breath when I choked (ooh).
You don’t get it—no, you don’t get it (nah, nah).
You don’t wanna get it, or get me (don’t wanna, don’t wanna).
I won’t fucking explain it (no),
Love’s supposed to be soft, not a war (soft, not a war).
You’ll never get it, no you won’t get it (never, babe).
And when you finally do— (yeah),
I’ll be long gone, baby (gone, gone).

(Outro)
I once had a fire (I had it, I had it),
It burned like the sun (so bright, so bright).
I once had a fire (uh-huh, yeah),
But I killed it for your love (mmm, for you).

You don't get it

Withdrawal

Can You Hear the Collapse

My heartbeat plays a different rhythm when you walk into the room
It’s like the air is humming with a color, a perfume
My carefully built sentences, they stumble and they fall
And I don't recognize this person, staring at the wall
My coffee tastes like static, and my favorite songs sound strange
Something in the molecules has subtly rearranged

Is this the thing the poets write about in faded, leather books?
Is this the current hidden in the stolen, second looks?
It's a fire and a feather, it's a terror and a grace
It's a language I don't speak, but it's written on your face
And I'm trying to translate this commotion in my soul
Is this what it feels like to be losing all control?

My mind has become a gallery with only portraits of you
In every conversation, your name breaks its way through
I used to walk on pavements, now I'm floating just above
Distracted by the memory of a single, simple glove
You touched upon my arm that day, a fleeting, chance design
And now a part of me is yours, that never has been mine

Is this the thing the poets write about in faded, leather books?
Is this the current hidden in the stolen, second looks?
It's a fire and a feather, it's a terror and a grace
It's a language I don't speak, but it's written on your face
And I'm trying to translate this commotion in my soul
Is this what it feels like to be losing all control?

I’ve read the maps and I've been told about this foreign land
But feeling the earth tremble underneath my own two hands
Is a different story altogether, it's frightening and it's new
To be standing on the shoreline of a world that's only you
And part of me wants to run back to the safety I once knew
But every other part of me is running straight to you

I think this is what poets write about in faded, leather books
I think this is the current hidden in the stolen, second looks
It's a fire and a feather, it's a terror and a grace
It's a language I don't speak, but it's written on your face
And I'm starting to translate this commotion in my soul
Maybe this is what it feels like to be beautifully whole... and losing all control.

Losing all control...
Is this it?
I think this might be it.
Oh.

Just me

Faded, leather books

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