Shakeisha Hawkins

Upon completing her Master’s degree in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths University of London where she lived abroad for a year in England, Shakeisha felt a great responsibility to dedicate her time volunteering. She is now an AmeriCorps Volunteer back in the United States serving the city of Dallas, Texas through their ServiceWorks program that is dedicated to fighting poverty through education.

ServiceWorks is a ground-breaking, national program that uses volunteer services as a strategy to help 25,000 underserved youth and young adults to develop the skills they need to prepare for greater college and career success. Through ServiceWorks, Shakeisha governs all volunteer outreach and recruitment as well as developing and enriching new ServiceWorks curriculums. Outside of all administrative duties, Shakeisha is teaching ServiceWorks Modules in the public high schools and colleges of Dallas, Texas.

As Shakeisha answers her calling to serve, she never let go of her love for music. Shakeisha is now training to compete in the international harp competition in the USA and Israel. She is also in the process of publishing her memoir that follows her life as an African American harpist growing up in poverty outlining the miracles and the misery. 

Shakeisha is very thankful that she chose Goldsmith University to study Arts administration and cultural policy because the department nurtured and broadened her artistic imagination and put them into practical innovative smart ideas that she is now using for her entrepreneurial business plans. She is very proud to be a graduate of Goldsmiths University and her motto for life is to be respected for her craft, to serve, educate and inspire, and to move people in powerful ways.