This year, we welcome Jkeyah Patterson to speak during the Living as Leaders Harvest Festival.

Jkeyah Patterson is from Hopkinsville, Ky, and relocated to Bowling Green in 2014 to attend Western Kentucky University. She has worked for Bowling Green Parks and Recreation for the past three years. In addition, she works with a nonprofit organization in Nashville, TN called DYMON in the Rough, where she serves as a Site Coordinator.

Patterson is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Non-Profit Administration. After she graduates, she plans to return to school to get her master’s and doctorate degree in school counseling. She wants to start her own non-profit organization one day for young minority girls.