Full Bio
professional bio
SHORTER BIO
DR. TOKEYA C. GRAHAM is a multi-award-winning English Professor and community activist who advocates for racial equity, literacy, and community care. She is also owner of Soulstainable Living LLC, an equity and educational consulting firm. Dr. Graham holds degrees from Monroe Community College, SUNY Brockport, and the University of Rochester. A Rochester, NY native, she is married with three adult children and one grandchild.
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ARTISTIC BIO
DR. TOKEYA C. GRAHAM is a word-wrangling warrior woman who talks to trees and walks among the stars. She is a universal educator who sees the planet as her classroom. Her purpose in this life is to make the world better, all ways and in all ways. Dr. Graham uses words, sounds, images, pauses, and utterances to communicate her soul's desire. She is grateful for art because it makes her believe in all that is necessary to be a human in this life.
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LONGER BIO (APPROXIMATELY 250 WORDS)
DR. TOKEYA C. GRAHAM is an award-winning tenured English Professor at Monroe Community College. Her commitment to student excellence and intellectual engagement bridges the academic and the every day.
Additionally, Dr. Graham is the founder of Soulstainable Living LLC, an equity and educational consulting firm that specializes in racial equity trainings, strategic planning, curriculum development, and climate assessments. She is a well-respected Anti-Racism educator and community activist working on behalf of those who have been historically excluded and pushed to the margins.
Dr. Graham is a committed volunteer who donates time, money, and other resources to many community organizations and programs. She volunteers/ has volunteered at many sites, including: The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, Roc Women's Business Center, Legislative District Committee #25, The Hub585, Writers & Books, Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley, Action for a Better Community, and Boy Scout Cub and Pack Troop 293.
Dr. Graham's philanthropic endeavor CharityROCs is a community-giving initiative which connects people in need with resources. Over the first year of the pandemic, her social media campaign "Anybody Got a Dollar?" raised over $12,000 to help people in the community meet basic needs. All of this work is not possible without the community. As a result of her heart for others, Dr. Graham has won many awards for her volunteerism, her scholarship, her teaching, her entrepreneurship, and artistic expression.
Dr. Tokeya C. Graham holds degrees from Monroe Community College (AAS, Human Services), SUNY Brockport (BS, English-Creative Writing), and the University of Rochester (MA, English and EdD, Educational Leadership-Higher Education), and a Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell. A Rochester, NY native, she is married with three adult children and one grandchild.
For more information, visit https://linktr.ee/TokeyaCGraham
