Candace is a 6th year PhD Candidate in American Studies and African American Studies. She received her BA in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis in 2017. Her work centers around the intersections of race, gender, class, and public housing in urban centers in the mid-20th century, specifically in St. Louis, Missouri. As an arts educator and curator, she has worked at the Yale University Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and is the inaugural Community Curator at the Washington University in St. Louis Special Collections. She enjoys supporting students as they translate their ideas and research into writing.