I’m an international multidisciplinary artist, musician, Christ-follower, with multiple enrollment degrees and employee from

Various Private Music and Dance Academies

Triple Threat Dance Academy ‘96-’04 (FL, NYC)

Sun-Sentinel South Florida

Deerfield Beach High School

Columbia College Chicago

StarQuest Dance Competition

Undergrad + Graduate experience

Taino and Latin American Studies (Self-Study)

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Student of Classical Musical Arts

— Music Performance, Conducting, Instrumental Studies, Jazz Studies, Music History, Composition

(1998-)

• Student of Dance (performance + dance studies) ‘96-’04 (Triple Threat Dance, FL, NYC)

• Photojournalism + Journalism ‘06-’12

• Fiction Writing and Photography PhD  (BA) ‘01-‘17

• Cinema and Television Directing + Producing

  (self-taught + MFA) ‘12-‘21

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• Web Development

• Forensic Science

• Writing for Television (Minor)

• Dance

• Acting and Contemporary Performance Making

• Black World Studies

• Fashion Styling

• Creative Storyteller (public speaking, linguist) (BA | MFA)

• Journalism

• Photography (BA)

  commercial, dance, fine art photography, fashion, live performance, event, portrait)

• Photojournalism

• Entrepreneurship

• Editing ( film, proofreading, photoshop)

• Cinematography (self-taught | MFA)

• Videography (self-taught| MFA) PhD

• Contemporary, Jazz, and Popular Music

• Music production + engineering (BA | BFA | MFA) PhD

• Music Composition for the Screen (independent studies)

• Music technology (independent studies)

• Music and dance event planning (independent)

• Curating (internship)

• Social Media and Digital Strategy (internship)

• Cultural Studies (internship)

• Prose writing (BA)

• Environmental and Sustainability Studies (TA)

• West Indies Cultural Studies(independent studies)

• Art History

• Comedy Writing and Performance (BA | BFA | MFA) PhD

• Civic Media

• Communication

• Nonprofit and Public Affairs Communication

• Latino and Latin American Studies (independent studies)

• Taino and Latin American Studies (Self-Study during MFA studies)

• Linguist

• Intimacy for Stage and Screen (Certificate) (during MFA studies)

• Public Relations (BA) (BA | BFA | MFA)

• Voiceover (during MFA studiies)

• Video Production (during BA + MFA studies)

• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (during BA studies)

• Talent Management (BA | MFA)

• User Experience and Interaction Design (during BA)

Study Abroad/Fellowship with Shantrelle P Lewis and Sarah Jakes Roberts in partnership with
ONE | A Potter's House Church, Dandy Lion Project, Columbia College Chicago :

Dandy Lion: (Re) Articulating Black Masculine Identity BA Intern

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Shantrelle P. Lewis

Sara Shamsavari

location: various regions of the African Diaspora, including the U.S., South Africa, the Congo, and Western Europe.

in Brighton, UK,

London, UK,

New Orleans, LA, US