Abigail Kirby Conklin is a writer and visual artist with a New York City birth certificate, a Virginian driver's license, a degree from Michigan State University, and a student permit allowing her to enter Ontario, Canada.
She is an alumnus of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program at MSU, where she studied radical pedagogy, youth development and social justice.
Kirby Conklin has been working in youth development and public education for almost ten years. She is currently doing graduate work at the University of Toronto in Indigenous knowledge and decolonizing education.
She is an alumnus of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program at MSU, where she studied radical pedagogy, youth development and social justice.
Kirby Conklin has been working in youth development and public education for almost ten years. She is currently doing graduate work at the University of Toronto in Indigenous knowledge and decolonizing education.
Photo: Terence Degnan, 2017