CANDACE is the proud daughter of a Zimbabwean Father and Native Hawaiian mother, with 2 decades of experience as a creative alchemist with a committed history of cultivating,  nurturing and presenting in the performing arts. 

Current: INTERIM Corporation, a boutique management consortium co-envisioned with Jerron Herman, for disabled artists that includes Herman, Molly Joyce and Christopher Unpezverde Nunez. 

Priors: Managing Director at Kinetic Light, the project-based disability arts ensemble, the first Black Director of Programming at UA Presents in Tucson, Arizona. Producing Director at 651 ARTS in Brooklyn, NY, Stage Producer at CBS Corporation in Los Angeles, CA, and Concert Operations at The Juilliard School in New York, NY. 

Creds: B.S.  Theatre Studies Kansas State University, M.B.A.  University of Arizona, Cert. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace University of South Florida, American Express Leadership Academy

Served: Co-Founding Next Generation National Arts Network, a nationwide movement to create stability, legacy and cultural equity in arts administration, former Co-Chair for Women of Color in the Arts’ (WOCA) Professional Development, selected as one of the Changemakers to attend the 2019 American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit, 

Received: recipient of the Joey-Lee Garman Award for Social Justice, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Fellowship, a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Award for Excellence in Theatre.