Chicago Style

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A facilitator and teaching artist, Nicole Bond was last seen as the Manager of Learning and Public Engagement for the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, where she developed strategies and curricula for inquiry-based, interactive gallery experiences, aimed at helping audiences of all ages and abilities make meaningful connections to museum exhibitions. 

Nicole developed and facilitated quarterly Health Humanities Workshops for UChicago Medicine Nurse Residency Cohorts, as part of their continuing professional development, and developed K-12 arts learning residencies for underserved Southside Chicago elementary schools. Nicole has presented at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and the National Art Education Association (NAEA). 

Nicole is published in Viewfinder – the Journal of Museum Education, Humanities Magazine, ResearchGate, and Southside Weekly.  Nicole’s work has received a National Teaching Artist Guild Award of Recognition, a Public Humanities Award from Illinois Humanities for her contributions to the civic and cultural life of Illinois, and a Tony Award for her service as Special Projects Liaison for Court Theatre’s Education Initiative during their 2022 season as Best Regional Theatre. 

Nicole is a Cancer sun, Gemini rising, and Scorpio moon, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. 

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Karen V. Jenkins is a multi-disciplined leader at the intersection of technology, education, health, and social change. 

As Founder and CEO of KidAlytics, she empowers students with critical digital literacy and data science skills. An Information Science Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Karen's work pioneers digital literacy, social determinants of health, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. 

Her mission is to democratize access to digital skills for all, ensuring equitable opportunities in the knowledge.

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A native of Chicago, a University of Chicago Lab school brat, and a Wisconsin Badger. 

Pitts graduated with a degree in mathematics from UW/Madison. After graduation, she dove into retail management at Sears in Louisville, Kentucky. She brought diversity in thought, word, and deed, along with consistent sales and profit increases year after year. Her most significant impact was motivating staff and peers to become the best they could be individually and collectively.

After her success in retail, Pitts returned to Chicago and transitioned into IT management with: Sears, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, ABM AMRO, and Chicago City Colleges. She became an expert in aligning information technology with business strategies and objectives.

Today, she is an award-winning Realtor®. As a Broker, she helps people buy and sell Real Estate in the Chicago regional market.

She enjoys: gardening, jazz, art, cycling, swimming, and volunteering wherever her skills fit the need.

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Wassup, I’m Keshawn J (KJ) Turnage. 

I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and grew up in the south suburbs as well. I’m 25 and my love for fashion started at an early age. Some of my biggest inspirations are Kanye West, Virgil Abloh, A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, and Fabolous, just to name a few. 

Growing up in the early 2000s had a huge impact on my style as well. Seeing how everyone dressed really inspired me to be true to myself. While trends are cool, typically they never last so I incorporate that in my own way. 

I typically wear more streetwear items than casual/business wear but I have been wanting to change my style a bit just to show people I can do it all. When you look good, you feel good and that's all that fashion means to me.

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Chicago based DJ, producer, dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist fashion enthusiast, and entertainer Linford Vaughn III was born and raised in Chicago around the Englewood, Hyde Park, and Bronzeville neighborhoods. 

Linford found his passion for making music at age 16. His father, a die-hard jazz musician who attended high school with Chicago’s very own Kanye West, passed away when Linford was just 12 years old. Since then, Linford has vowed to keep his father’s musical dream alive. 

Linford has just begun to find his own sound as an artist, drawing from the music genres of rock and roll, indie, techno, house music, and EDM. He uses the alias of Stripping Colors. The meaning is self-explanatory in a society where it’s sometimes difficult to be unique and free spirited. 

Linford believes he’s here on Planet Earth to raise the frequency of the human vibration through music. His motto is to never let anyone strip his colors or yours.