Connecting with people and building a greater sense of community is at the heart of what I do.

ALCHEMY STL: All-styles dance project

A collaborative community project to showcase all-styles dance and cultivate conversations intergenerationally in St. Louis.

Community Talk on Breaking Cycles

A talk investigating personal and family history that concludes with the following proposals to avoid solidifying behavioral and perceptual patterns that divide and exclude:

  1. Question the narratives that we were given.

  2. Prioritize our perception and bodily knowledge by championing joy in our lives.

  3. Examine our own processes so that we can open space for new ideas and perspectives, as well as love, wholeness and healing.

Empowering Youth.

During the day, I work as the program manager at St. Louis ArtWorks, a 29-year old non-profit organization that strives to enrich the lives of youth through job training programs and arts education. We offer year-round paid art-based apprenticeships to youth ages 14-19.

Arch Maddnezz:

St. Louis KRUMP

The street dance scene in St. Louis is one of my biggest inspirations and greatest communities. I represent one of the OG’s of the movement ‘X/O’ with my name under him: Princezz X/O

Watch the documentary on the movement and my community here.

My family is my greatest inspiration and my greatest love. While we live in different places, my cousins and I collaborate on a project called the Alice and Robert Kikkawa Legacy Award (ARKLA) to offer scholarships to youth who are involved in the Japanese American community in Pasadena, CA.

Click on the image to learn more about ARKLA.