Shalanda Sims hails from the great northwest. She is a professional performing artist and writes multigenerational stories reflecting the human experience, African American culture and community. With an educational background in Theater and English, deep appreciation for history, and twenty years as a teaching artist, when not performing, Shalanda works in both private and public schools incorporating and teaching all three topics to students K-12. Although Shalanda does a lot of work behind the scenes with teaching, directing theater and aspects of playwriting, there is something about performing on stage and screen that awakens the soul, causes you to dig deep, be vulnerable, present, in the moment. Some of her cherished roles include Dorothy in The Wiz, Velma in Crowns, Molly/MouseTrap, The Woman In Yellow/For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. Kroger commercial and Faith in the the self-titled short film Faith.