Where I came from

I grew up watching the X-Men cartoon on Saturday mornings with my brothers and a big bowl of cereal. My dad traveled to Japan for work and brought home holographic Pokémon cards I still own. Geek culture was a staple of my house long before it was cool to admit, especially as a Black kid.

I played basketball through high school and got a scholarship to a small Christian school in Waxahachie, Texas. The environment didn’t fit. I transferred to Texas State, focused on school, and spent my sophomore year deciding what I actually wanted to do.

A class called Fundamentals of Digital Media is where this all started. The semester project was to build a blog around a topic. I picked comic books and pop culture. The final assignment was a video. That’s where the YouTube channel “Agent Dorian” was born.

That same year I started Geeks of Color with my friend Brandon Sooknanan. The original goal was a safe space for people of color to talk about comic book movies. Seven months in, the platform was growing fast enough that I knew we had to take it seriously.

The work

I interned at STARZ through the Television Academy Foundation program. Then Soulpancake (Rainn Wilson’s media company), where I learned what running a creative team looks like under a great manager. Then CBS as their Diversity Entertainment intern, supporting the diversity initiatives across the network.

I was social media manager and video host at Collider for two years. Got to interview the people whose movies I grew up watching. Then I moved into agency work. First at Digital Media Management running social for major game launches. Then at Wild Card Creative Group, where I ran digital campaigns for major studios.

Editorial side, GOC has grown into an institution. Britany Murphy is our Senior Managing Editor. We have a strong critics team on staff, real press access, studio junkets, and premieres.

What I’m building now

Geeks of Color editorial. Day-to-day moves toward an editorial firewall in the next year. I stay involved on culture-shaping decisions and the institutional side.

Geeks of Color Studios. The agency arm. Social, content, and creative for studios and brands that get culture. First pilot client running this year.

Finding Dorian. My vlog series. Where I show how I work, who I meet, and what’s actually happening across film, TV, and music. Two streams: Vault content from 2022 and earlier, and Current content from 2023 forward.

Parks n Recommendations. A podcast. I interview talent and creators at parks. National, amusement, the casual neighborhood ones. Launching Q4 2026.

The Frequency. A TV show I’m developing. Music, college, and Mother Nature. In active script work.

DJ work. Learning to DJ. EP of karaoke covers in the works. Long-term, the catalog ties into The Frequency.

The why

Five-year horizon: GOC running without me in day-to-day, GOC Studios at scale, The Frequency on a network or streamer, Parks n Recommendations a top creator-talent podcast, married or building toward family by 36.

The throughline is the same as it’s always been. Building trust through culture. Editorial credibility, real industry access, taste-making across film, TV, music, and storytelling. A POC creator-founder proving you can lead in entertainment without compromising who you are or where you come from.