About the Author

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"We are worthy of being healthy, healed and whole."

  Kimberly Brazwell, native of Columbus, OH, is the CEO and founder of KiMISTRY, which specializes in the unique intersection of trauma, justice and holistic wellness.  Through writings, art, blogs, vlogs, social media content, and community conversation forums, Brazwell creates safer spaces to use story-sharing as a healing approach for strategy and engagement.  She is the author of Browning Pleasantville and her journal workbook series Jotnal Books, featuring the Phoenix Edition and the Supernatural (Teen) Edition. 

Brazwell was a contributing author of Implicit Bias in Schools with a chapter entitled, “Practical Application of Implicit Racial Debiasing” and is working on her new manuscript, The Nine Asks.  She has performed two TEDx Talks – “Over, Under, Around and Through Trauma” and “Crazy and Black and Poor”.   Outside of writing and visual art, 2023 marks the launch of Brazwell's nonprofit, My Cousin's House and a cultural art curation project called Our Healing Ink.