Aaliyah DejaMone' Johnson
Circulation Services Assistant at University of Chicago
UNCF, Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar
"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression." (Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977) 

In May 2020, Aaliyah earned her Bachelors of Arts in Africana studies & Women's Gender & Sexuality studies from Barnard College following matriculation from Young Women's Leadership Charter School--the only public all girls charter school to exist in Chicago, IL (Bronzeville) where she was named class of 2015’s Salutatorian and a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar, sponsoring her educational pursuits. In 2005, Aaliyah and her family survived Hurricane Katrina, but were displaced by the flood--propelling them North. Inspired by the testimonies of Vann Newkirk (Floodlines, The Atlantic), Anne Frank (Diary), Audre Lorde (Uses of the Erotic), Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust), Solange Knowles (When I Get Home), Toni Morrison (Beloved, Nobel Prize for Literature '93),  Zora Neale Hurston (BC'28, Their Eyes Were Watching God), June Jordan (BC’57, Directed by Desire) and Ntozake Shange (BC’70, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf)—invitations to survivors to witness storytelling. 

GRATITUDE to THE ALLIANCE FOR NETWORKING VISUAL CULTURE for making SCALAR; the free, open-source digital publishing platform where I hosted my first three exhibitions as an artist:
	#INTERSTITIAL 	(fall ’18, contributor, collaborative e-book) 
https://scalar.usc.edu/works/interstitial/interstitial
	#QUEERCURATORSHIP (spring ’20, curator, digital museum pop-up)
https://scalar.usc.edu/works/artwork-sex-aesthetics--capitalism/artworks
	#I GOTTA GO HOME— (summer ’20, creator, survival narrative) 
https://scalar.usc.edu/works/igottagohome/igottagohome

To learn more about her projects, collaborate, support her endeavors or pick her brain—reach out: 

aaliyahdejamone@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/abundance504
University of Chicago
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Circulation Services Assistant
Abundance, LLC
United States
Videographer
Africana Studies & Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies
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Barnard College
https://www.linkedin.com/school/barnard-college/
High School Diploma
Young Women's Leadership Charter School
Bloom Township High School
Food Handler Classes
Cashier (Food And Beverage)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-kotelov-0845
Chicago, IL
Eli Kotelov
Senior Analyst, Renewables Asset Management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corita-palmer-ab39b19a
Greater Chicago Area
Corita Palmer
sales at bjs market
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-henderson-a0529b87
Greater Chicago Area
Kristina Henderson
Student at Young Women's Leadership Charter School
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-lacey-41a98b176
Aurora, IL
Monique Lacey
Teacher at KinderCare
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amani-walton-9a9184145
Greater Chicago Area
Amani Walton
Associate's degree at Moraine Valley Community College
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyomi-jones-16733b185
Chicago, IL
Nyomi Jones
Aspiring Esthetic Skin Specialists, Entrepreneur, Student at Triton College.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/latavia-wright-110410173
Greater Chicago Area
latavia wright
Student at DeKalb High School
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherell-edgerson-41032968
Greater Chicago Area
Sherell Edgerson
reservationist at pace Mv transportation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raven-williams-78ab5899
Greater Chicago Area
raven williams
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherell-edgerson-8a7592208
Chicago, IL
Sherell Edgerson
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-t-miller-cpc-92291378
Atlanta, GA
Sean T. Miller, CPC
Business Development
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariah-clark-12398a86
Greater Chicago Area
Mariah Clark
Cashier/ Server at Ricobene's
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-otto-038939163
Bloomington, IL
Anna Otto
Entrepreneur in the making...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/indra-barreto-026681173
Greater Chicago Area
Indra Barreto
Do what you love, Love what you do
https://www.linkedin.com/in/articer
Greater Chicago Area
Aalaiyah Ticer
Engineering Assistant at Turner Construction Company  • Southern Illinois University Alumna🐾
https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-miller-1393a051
Simpsonville, SC
April Miller
Never settle for anything less than great!!!
https://lt.linkedin.com/in/dominykas-stasiulaitis
Vilnius
Dominykas Stasiulaitis
Financial Analyst at Nasdaq
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sarveshkumaranand
Leamington Spa
Sarvesh Kumar Anand
Incoming Summer Analyst at J.P. Morgan
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/seungeun-selina-kim
London
Seungeun Kim
LSE | Incoming Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs