My name is Kynnedy Simone Smith. I am 16 years old and a 2-year member of Indeed We Code. I am a rising junior at Hawken School, and I plan to go to college to major in computer science and minor in music performance. I maintain a 4.17 GPA while playing on the volleyball team, serving as a leader on three important student bodies, and while participating in many extracurriculars. My interests include STEM, music, and DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice) work. I am very passionate about helping the community, so I spend a lot of my spare time attending community forums, hosting forums as a student leader with the City Club of Cleveland, working with the Mayor’s office of Cleveland to help make our city more sustainable, and volunteering at the Playhouse Square. Furthermore, three years ago I started my own non-profit called I Art Cleveland. Our mission is to ensure that all northeast Ohio youth have access to arts education, funding, and programming services. We are currently sponsoring artists and providing scholarships so that a few special youth will have the opportunity to attend the arts program of their dreams. When I am not working on school, service, or STEM, I spend my time practicing and performing as a contemporary Jazz violinist. In the future, after attending Vanderbilt University, I would like to continue running I Art Cleveland, own my own tech company, and become a concert contemporary violinist. I would like to thank IWC for helping me find my passions in STEM.
