Kisha Howell is an unapologetic Black woman who believes that we are never meant to be one thing. A native North Carolinian living in Harlem she is a teacher educator, doctoral student, interior decorator, and community curator. This year she affirmed her identity as both a creative and business owner by establishing her first business, Bold Hues, an interior decorating, event planning, and community curating company. Her most recent venture is The Harambee Collective, a membership based community exclusively curated for Womxn of Color positions WOC to practice the Kenyan concept of Harambee. The word Harambee means "Let's Pull Together". In The Harambee Collective WOC pull together their knowledge and resources in the form of blogs, webinars, community offerings, and retreats to ensure that the womxn of the community are "put on". Kisha is also the co-founder of Creating Magic, a digital learning space for BIPOC girls. In this digital learning space BIPOC girls age 5-11 explore their passions, connect with older BIPOC womxn, and take up different passion projects. The uplift of WOC is a central tenet of every venture, collaboration, and project that Kisha takes up. Her life's work is to create the conditions where WOC flourish.