Steven is a Hospice, Prison Reform & Transformational Consultant, Principal Quilter, Story Teller and Keynote Speaker based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Raised in New Orleans, Steven served 31 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. He became a Hospice Volunteer under Warden Burl Cain’s Leadership from 1995-2016.

Steven learned to quilt to raise money for the Angola Hospice Program where he served as President over the Hospice Volunteers for 24+ years. Steven has made over 1,000 quilts to support the Angola End-of-Life Care Program, helping men to depart this earth with COMPASSION, DIGNITY, & RESPECT. Steven’s quilts have traveled across the United States and hang in museums such as the Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington D.C. and the Historic New Orleans Collection Museum in New Orleans, La. His work in hospice in corrections and his quilts have been featured by Oprah in the Serving Life documentary on Netflix and several other nationally renowned documentaries, the book GRACE BEFORE DYING by Lori Waselchuk & Lawrence N.Powell as well as magazines. Most recently, he was featured in Quilt Folk Magazine (Issue 28 Colorado).

Steven was released from prison in January, 2022 and resides with family in Colorado Springs, CO. Please feel free to contact him about speaking engagements, consulting, and other business and advocacy inquiries.