By Megan M. Seckman
At 29, Tytianna Wells Smith has accomplished non bad things. She has traveled the footing from Senegal to the Caribbean Area to China. She earned a master’s flat inwards Pan-African Studies from the University of Louisville, is a doctoral student, in addition to an educator of multicultural curriculum in addition to design. She is also a published writer in addition to illustrator of a serial of children’s books, co-founder of the publishing fellowship Honey Tree Publishing, in addition to is a poet, artist, in addition to wife. But, similar the championship of her majority series Sweet Pea in addition to Sugar Tea’s Family Adventures suggests, this today’s adult woman has a rigid connectedness to the past.
Tytianna’s roots run deep, stemming from a multicultural solid unit of measurement history that was narrated to her over meals equally a child. This oral history, that spanned the globe from Africa to Creole-country, inspired her passion for culture, travel, in addition to education. Her involvement inwards the yesteryear fifty-fifty influenced her determination to bear a deoxyribonucleic acid ancestry test, which works life novel roots linked to Nigeria, a province she right away plans to catch inwards December.
“Identity in addition to relationships own got ever been of import to me,” Tytianna says. These tenets are reflected inwards her majority series, comprised of 4 books aligned amongst the seasons in addition to written inwards poetic poetry that instruct immature people lessons inwards cultural values. At writer visits, she brings along Mason jars in addition to dearest pots, which aid to symbolize her roots, the solid unit of measurement tree, in addition to the importance of staying connected in addition to inwards residue amongst the environment.
As an educator, in addition to doctoral pupil inwards the plain of curriculum in addition to instruction, Tytianna strives to convey the demand for a culturally responsive curriculum to the students in addition to teachers she works with. “So many students go out schoolhouse feeling didactics isn’t for them. Kids are changing but the curriculum isn’t — in that place are then few various characters inwards the books they read. I desire to brand a departure yesteryear beingness able to shape curriculum unopen to students’ lives — I believe didactics is for everyone.”
This humble change-maker has had many positive experiences amongst education, which began amongst her ain roots inwards journalism classes offered at Manual High School. She has since received scholarships offered through UofL, partaken inwards rich experiences studying abroad, in addition to has participated inwards such programs equally the multicultural theatre fellowship Roots in addition to Wings that took her to Senegal, where she performed virtually socio-political issues amongst a grouping of spoken-word artists in addition to dancers.
But to a higher house all, Tytianna likes to go on things uncomplicated in addition to rest grateful inwards this complex, modern world. “Before I go, I similar to utter to the universe when I’m alone. I ever say ‘thank you’ in addition to brand certain that I am both appreciative in addition to present, no affair how busy I am. I don’t allow the clutter of life distract me from beingness human. If the shout out upward rings in addition to it’s a loved one, I ever respond it, fifty-fifty if I’m inwards the middle of something. I never erase shout out upward messages from my solid unit of measurement members because y'all never know if that’s the final fourth dimension you’ll take away heed their voice.”
Accessories she’s rocking:
“I love big, eccentric, statement-piece earrings that reverberate my identity equally an artist, poet, in addition to educator — amongst a multicultural twist! I purchase a pair of earrings from every house I travel. I love wood, bamboo, in addition to natural products that reverberate the culture. For instance, I own got a giant pair of starfish earrings — I tin simply article of apparel them for a duo of hours because they’re then heavy.”
Fashion she’s wearing:
Tytianna likes to go on it simple, then most days you’ll meet her inwards her signature Pumas; she has virtually 10 pair. But she loves to punctuate her uncomplicated vogue amongst an ethnic print. She has several handmade African-Australian woven sweaters in addition to a few international fabrics she had tailored inwards Senegal.
Latest purchase she’s praising:
“I latterly bought a handmade Amish mahogany rocking chair. It’s whimsical in addition to antique-looking, then my hubby in addition to I set it adjacent to our bookshelf where nosotros read our especial books inwards our especial chair.”
Products she uses:
I love Chapstick, Clinique products, MAC makeup, in addition to Curly Kids leave-in conditioner for my naturally curly hair. But really, I’m real low-maintenance. I by in addition to large launder my confront amongst H2O simply in addition to don’t fifty-fifty purpose lotion; I’d rather purpose olive fossil oil in addition to vitamin eastward in addition to brand my ain solution. I similar to brand my ain masks in addition to scrubs out of honey, sugar, in addition to lemon — the simpler, the meliorate — but y'all can’t aid but lick it away spell y'all wait.” Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/
Tytianna’s roots run deep, stemming from a multicultural solid unit of measurement history that was narrated to her over meals equally a child. This oral history, that spanned the globe from Africa to Creole-country, inspired her passion for culture, travel, in addition to education. Her involvement inwards the yesteryear fifty-fifty influenced her determination to bear a deoxyribonucleic acid ancestry test, which works life novel roots linked to Nigeria, a province she right away plans to catch inwards December.
“Identity in addition to relationships own got ever been of import to me,” Tytianna says. These tenets are reflected inwards her majority series, comprised of 4 books aligned amongst the seasons in addition to written inwards poetic poetry that instruct immature people lessons inwards cultural values. At writer visits, she brings along Mason jars in addition to dearest pots, which aid to symbolize her roots, the solid unit of measurement tree, in addition to the importance of staying connected in addition to inwards residue amongst the environment.
As an educator, in addition to doctoral pupil inwards the plain of curriculum in addition to instruction, Tytianna strives to convey the demand for a culturally responsive curriculum to the students in addition to teachers she works with. “So many students go out schoolhouse feeling didactics isn’t for them. Kids are changing but the curriculum isn’t — in that place are then few various characters inwards the books they read. I desire to brand a departure yesteryear beingness able to shape curriculum unopen to students’ lives — I believe didactics is for everyone.”
This humble change-maker has had many positive experiences amongst education, which began amongst her ain roots inwards journalism classes offered at Manual High School. She has since received scholarships offered through UofL, partaken inwards rich experiences studying abroad, in addition to has participated inwards such programs equally the multicultural theatre fellowship Roots in addition to Wings that took her to Senegal, where she performed virtually socio-political issues amongst a grouping of spoken-word artists in addition to dancers.
But to a higher house all, Tytianna likes to go on things uncomplicated in addition to rest grateful inwards this complex, modern world. “Before I go, I similar to utter to the universe when I’m alone. I ever say ‘thank you’ in addition to brand certain that I am both appreciative in addition to present, no affair how busy I am. I don’t allow the clutter of life distract me from beingness human. If the shout out upward rings in addition to it’s a loved one, I ever respond it, fifty-fifty if I’m inwards the middle of something. I never erase shout out upward messages from my solid unit of measurement members because y'all never know if that’s the final fourth dimension you’ll take away heed their voice.”
Accessories she’s rocking:
“I love big, eccentric, statement-piece earrings that reverberate my identity equally an artist, poet, in addition to educator — amongst a multicultural twist! I purchase a pair of earrings from every house I travel. I love wood, bamboo, in addition to natural products that reverberate the culture. For instance, I own got a giant pair of starfish earrings — I tin simply article of apparel them for a duo of hours because they’re then heavy.”
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| Photos yesteryear Sunni Wigginton |
Fashion she’s wearing:
Tytianna likes to go on it simple, then most days you’ll meet her inwards her signature Pumas; she has virtually 10 pair. But she loves to punctuate her uncomplicated vogue amongst an ethnic print. She has several handmade African-Australian woven sweaters in addition to a few international fabrics she had tailored inwards Senegal.
Latest purchase she’s praising:
“I latterly bought a handmade Amish mahogany rocking chair. It’s whimsical in addition to antique-looking, then my hubby in addition to I set it adjacent to our bookshelf where nosotros read our especial books inwards our especial chair.”
Products she uses:
I love Chapstick, Clinique products, MAC makeup, in addition to Curly Kids leave-in conditioner for my naturally curly hair. But really, I’m real low-maintenance. I by in addition to large launder my confront amongst H2O simply in addition to don’t fifty-fifty purpose lotion; I’d rather purpose olive fossil oil in addition to vitamin eastward in addition to brand my ain solution. I similar to brand my ain masks in addition to scrubs out of honey, sugar, in addition to lemon — the simpler, the meliorate — but y'all can’t aid but lick it away spell y'all wait.” Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/