Ah-Keisha McCans holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and M.S.Ed in Reading, Writing, Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an award-winning songwriter and playwright, program director, creative arts and literacy educator, cultural impact consultant, and youth advocate. An educator for 20 years, Ah-Keisha has taught across diverse demographics, in public, charter, independent schools, colleges and community spaces using an energetic, literacy-forward, arts-informed, dialogue-driven approach that provides opportunities for folx to engage in discourse, problem-solving, and truth-telling that supports institutional growth while centering antiracist, culturally responsive and trauma-informed culture and practices.
Before delving more deeply into education, Ah-Keisha was an artistic director of a theatre company based in Harlem, and later the founding project director of an arts and stem program centering gender equity in the music industry. Ah-Keisha has been a champion for diversity, equity and community growth across many demographics including K-12, colleges/universities, non-profit organizations, and mental health and rehabilitation centers, having worked in education in various roles including as a theatre educator, library media specialist, ELA teacher, and student advisor.
Adjunct professor and thesis advisor for the Masters of Arts in Applied Theatre program at the City University of New York's School of Professional Studies (CUNY) School of Professional Studies, Ah-Keisha is host of WHBLE’s weekly podcast, “Education as Liberation” now streaming on Apple Podcasts, iheartradio podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher Podcasts, and
www.Anchor.fm/whble. Ah-Keisha's debut children's picture book, "Pots" is set to be released in Spring 2022.
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