Chess Avant-Garde
Storytelling, Culture Strategy, and Community Building
ABOUT ME
I’m Chess (any pronouns), a Culture Strategist, Community Builder, and Creative Producer from Atlanta, GA.
Currently residing on Piscataway Land in Southern Maryland. Wanderer by practice.
Living at the epicenter of creative practice, technology, and culture strategy. Passionate about fostering a sustainable culture in a sustainable world.
FOUR TRUTHS AND A HOPE
- has seven siblings
- has been a bartender
- has worked in reality tv
- has lived in a tiny home
- has had brunch w/ alice walker
VALUES
- curiosity
- creativity
- community
- contribution
- communication
INTERESTS
- technology
- photography
- sustainability
- global history
- sociocultural change
FUEL
- hugs
- music
- dancing
- saturday morning
- gathering with people
HOBBIES
- photography
- axe throwing
- hosting events
- walking + hiking
- travel + exploration
PLACES
- chicago, illinois
- aspen, colorado
- berkeley, california
- ann arbor, michigan
- chiang mai, thailand
PODCASTS
BOOKS
- essentialism
- crazy rich asians
- parable of the sower
- what happened to you
- subtle art of not giving a f***
FILMS
- selena
- black panther
- cheetah girls 2
- eight crazy nights
- akeelah and the bee
TELEVISION
- sense 8
- scandal
- ted lasso
- living single
- sweet magnolias
ARTISTS
- hozier
- alicia keys
- john mayer
- aretha franklin
- chance the rapper
ALBUMS
- take care | drake
- montero | lil nas x
- for all we know | nao
- where the light is live | mayer
- dirty computer | janelle monae
CREATIVE WORLD
- Film/TV: Good Trouble Films, BET, Bravo, NBC
- Theatre: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre
NON PROFIT WORLD
- Broadway Dreams Foundation, Joffrey Ballet, University of Michigan School of Music/Theatre/Dance
CORPORATE WORLD
- Diversity & Inclusion @ LiveRamp, Niantic Labs, PatientPop, University of Michigan
- Consulting @ Disinformation Defense League, New Currents Collective
- Research @ Roosevelt University, Chiang Mai University