Kyra Williams
Multimedia Artist | Social Entrepreneur | Scholar-Practitioner ✝️
- Role
- Founder and Executive Director at Stories In My Backyard Simby
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kyra Williams
Kyra Williams is a multimedia artist, social entrepreneur, and Ed.D. student studying…
Experience
Founder and Executive Director
Mar 2020 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US
Stories In My Backyard (SIMBY) is a nonprofit that provides Black youth access to culturally relevant media arts education through online and in-person experiences led by Black instructors to foster representation, belonging, and media literacy.We envision generations of Black storytellers who- See themselves represented in the media they consume as learners, the artists who teach them, and the creative community they belong to- Benefit from dynamic arts programming, both in and out of school that prepares them to thrive as creators and critical consumers of media in the digital age- Have equal access to media arts education through on-demand digital content- Document and preserve Black history and culture, shaping the narratives of our present and future
Education
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Master’s Degree, Digital Media Design for Learning
2020 — 2022
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Bachelor's Degree, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
2016 — 2020
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Education - EdD, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education
2024 — 2028
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