Hi, I'm McKenzie! Hailing from Eastern North Carolina, I am a self-starter, interdisciplinary thinker, and creative maker with a love of relationship-building. I have 10+ years' experience creating and successfully managing creative business projects, educational experiences, and creative events that require cross-sectoral collaboration and and in-depth research.
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Education + Honors:
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MBA with a creative entrepreneurship focus
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Winner of Best Photographer in Durham - Durham Magazine 2024
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Microenterprise Grant Recipient - City of Durham
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TEDxECU Presenter
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Team:
Embody Media + Design has grown to consist of a small team of awesome freelancers who get really stoked about:
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Project management for creative things
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Cultivating and tending to authentic relationships through our work
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Social justice, equity, genuine diverse community
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Realistic and healing practices, wellness for the individual and collective community
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Social Responsibility:
Embody emphasizes socially responsibility and encourages clients to center equity, critically considering sociocultural and economic impacts of creative projects and planning.
Leadership Approach:
My ability to build relationships both with individuals and communities makes me an effective and action-oriented leader in business settings. In my interactions, I am a careful listener, empathic conversationalist and analytical thinker. I am personally committed to effecting positive change in the world and demonstrate this through my meaningful volunteer work within my communities. I exercise non-judgment and quick adaptability, aware that there are many ways to experience the world. Heartfelt and empowering, I seek to dissect old ways of thinking while reconstructing systems to support new ways of living. ​
