Kim Louise on Clubhouse

Bio

Storyteller ✍🏾
Writing Teacher 👩🏽‍🏫
Introvert on Caffeine ☕️

MISSION
Make my grandmother proud.

PURPOSE
Be a vessel for stories infused with The Culture and wield that infusion into an instrument of transformation. 🤲🏾 Tell stories that serve, elevate, and enrich the lives of African-American women who have reached the age of wisdom.

WHAT I BELIEVE
“Shine your light into someone else’s darkness.” -- Known

INFLUENCES
Zora August Romare Manjushri Erzulie

WHAT I 💜 WRITING
Stageplays
Spoken Word
Fiction & Short Prose
Refrigerator Poetry
Dada Poetry
Screenplays

PERSONAL WRITING ✍🏾
Journal Writing - 30+ years
Facilitator for Women’s Personal Writing - 10 years

CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
🎨Found Object Art and Papercrafting
Calligraphy ✒️

FASCINATIONS
African-American English Vernacular
Blues Dialect
Creating Writing Prompts and Exercises
The Beat Generation
Synesthesia
Black History
Afro Futurism
Blaxsploitation
Films & Music of all kinds
Scat 🎶
Laughing

PROFESSIONAL LIFE
📝Adjunct Faculty: English and Creative Writing
Instructional Design
Public Speaking
Online Course Design
Executive Coach
Career Coach

EDUCATION 🎓
Undergrad: Journalism
Masters: Fine Arts - Creative Writing (Stage & Screen)
Masters: Adult Learning