Nyaunu Stevens is the Director of Programs for the National Conference for Community and Justice. She is a passionate advocate for social justice and brings with her over two decades of experience as an educator and 15 years of experience in the world of social justice advocacy. Trained as an actress and an academic, Nyaunu is a powerful presenter and facilitator. She has worked with people of all ages, from preschool to adult, and with people from a myriad of identity backgrounds. She has served as a Lead Teaching Artist with Cleveland Public Theater where she worked to bring theater education to marginalized youth on their own territory. She spent years at The Cleveland Play House as an instructor and in collaboration with Project Act’s The Reading Company staging children’s books for children experiencing homelessness in an effort to foster their literacy skills. She has also taught in the fields of Sociology and Women’s Studies.  She holds a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Theater from Cleveland State University where she was graduated summa cum laude. She is a subject matter expert in Sociology of the Body, Fat Studies, and Race, Class, and Gender.