Kaisha S. Johnson is the Co-Founder/Founding Director of Women of Color in the Arts, a national organization dedicated to creating equity in the performing arts. Kaisha co-founded WOCA with the intent of cultivating a field varied in voice and perspective. Recently, Kaisha served as Director of Artist Management at Center for Traditional Music and Dance, a non-profit dedicated to building crosscultural awareness by nurturing and presenting traditions found in NYC’s immigrant communities. As a staunch advocate for diversity on and off the stage, Kaisha helps to affirm the value of cultural diversity as an essential component of our national identity.