Abigail Kirby Conklin is a native Brooklynite with a Virginian driver's license, a degree from Michigan State University, and a bedroom in Manhattan. 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, arts development and social justice.
Kirby Conklin has been involved with youth development and public education for almost ten years. Currently, she works in college access and career development in the New York City public school system, in addition to her writing, making, and performing.
Kirby Conklin has been involved with youth development and public education for almost ten years. Currently, she works in college access and career development in the New York City public school system, in addition to her writing, making, and performing.
Photo: Terence Degnan, 2017