Candice Wicks-Davis | Founder & CEO

 
 

Touched Prince's hand at a concert • Took off solo in Cuba • Loves hiking & zip lining • Performed in 7 countries • Completed a two week long speaking tour in Iran • Swam around a sand dune in the Indian Ocean • Taught Afro-Latino History • Took a boat ride on the Nile River • Got lost walking the streets of Barcelona ...on purpose • Facilitated three trainings in three states in three days • Took a bus from Uganda to Rwanda • Survived the canopy walk at Kakum National Park in Ghana...three times • Got on a rowboat in Malta and had lunch on a random island • Has performed &recorded music in 7 countries • Interviewed on International TV broadcast all over the Middle East & Africa • Featured in AfroPunk • Opened for The Roots • Gave birth to 2 boys • Collects owl figurines • Wrote a song for UNESCO's Women in Africa curriculum • Loves vintage clothing • Co-wrote a hip hop seder

CAREER SNAPSHOT

Experience: Over 25 years as an educator, youth development professional, facilitator and non-profit administrator. Fourteen years as an entrepreneur.

Education:

  • University of California at Berkeley | BA in Sociology

  • California State University at San Francisco | M.A.Ed. Educational Leadership with an emphasis on Equity & Social Justice

Certifications:

  • Career Services Provider | NCDA

  • School Career Development Advisor | NCDA

  • Foresight Practitioner | Institute for the Future

Awards & Special Projects:

  • Cultural Strategist, City of Oakland Department of Race & Equity

  • Distinguished Graduate Student Award, San Francisco State University

  • Roots Fellowship, Department of Children Youth and their Families, 2009-2010

  • Artist in Residence, International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership, University 
of Malta

  • 2017 KQED Women to Watch

  • Flying Under the Radar Fellowship: Brazil

  • 2017 Cubena McClure Arts & Culture Award