Keiana was born, raised and attended college in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, where her awareness of local racial injustice influenced her commitment to social equity. After graduating with a B.A. in psychology from Williams College, she worked in post-apartheid South Africa as a Princeton in Africa Fellow to implement monitoring and evaluation processes and lead an impact assessment at an NGO supporting low-income students attending formerly segregated high schools. After returning to the U.S., she worked at the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office and human rights organization, where she provided attorneys with paralegal assistance and advised community coalitions throughout the nation as they developed responses to the continued impact of racial violence and discriminatory laws throughout history. Before coming to SPIA, Keiana served as a Senior Community Engagement Coordinator at a research and action think tank, where she supported advocates, practitioners, directly impacted community members, and government officials in efforts to build more equitable public safety systems. This summer, Keiana worked as a Summer Mayoral Fellow in the Office of the Mayor of the City of Chicago. At SPIA, she hopes to strengthen her skills in policy analysis and enhance her ability to advance equitable policy development and resource allocation practices that prioritize community wellbeing and safety.