Elevating Voices with Destiny Okonkwo - Creative Spaces in Academia
Description
Join us on this episode as we talk to doctoral student Destiny Okonkwo about academic creative spaces. This insightful conversation brings a new perspective on creativity and whether or not spaces to be creative are brought into play within academia.
You can read Destiny's bio to get to know more about her.
Destiny k. Okonkwo is a Portfolio Project Manager , Digital Content Creator, and Doctoral Student, specializing in purpose driven operations, compartmentalized organizational management and creative digital content. She is currently studying to attain an Education Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, from Pepperdine University, School of Education and Psychology, with research interest in purpose driven curriculum in high school and impacts to adulthood life and career gratification. Within her current role, she is an IT Project Manager at Easterseals Southern California within the Information Technology department of the organization.
Destiny began her career as a Tutor for underprivileged kids and a Client Care Coordinator focused on operations project management after attaining her Bachelor of Arts in Communication specializing in Mass Communication from California State University San Bernardino. She later went on to attain her Master of Science in Management specializing in Project Management from the University of Maryland Shady Grove Global Campus, while working in resource optimization project management roles for various DoD agencies and pharmaceutical companies. Subsequently, she continues to apply leadership and project management expertise to various IT programs and digital marketing initiatives




