SANTANA COLEMAN

Created and led community-centered initiatives focused on connection, cultural belonging, creative learning, and personal growth among women and women of color.

HER Social Club — Creator (2025–Present)

• Designed and launched an in-person social club with bi-weekly events centered on intentional connection and community-building for millennial women.
• Planned and facilitated gatherings, managing event flow, materials, and participant experience.
  

Camp Inner Child — Co-Creator (2024–Present)

• Co-designed virtual educational and healing-centered experiences for millennial women.
• Facilitated reflection sessions and community discussions focused on inner child work and personal growth.
  

Black Girl Training — Co-Creator (2018 - 2023)

• Led audience engagement and community events exploring identity, belonging, and cultural connection.
• Managed event registration and attendance tracking, and collected and reflected on participant feedback.
• Awards: Seed&Spark Keep It Colorful Winner
  

Diary of a Wife — Creator (2012 - Present)

• Built and sustained an online and in-person support community for married women of color.
  

• Project-managed film and media productions from development through delivery, overseeing timelines, budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams.
• Coordinated logistics for multi-day productions, including shoot schedules, crew coordination, location planning, and production documentation.
• Served as a central point of communication between directors, clients, creative teams, and external partners to ensure alignment and smooth execution.
• Created and maintained production systems and documentation (shoot schedules, call sheets, run-of-show documents) to support efficient workflows.

• Delivered storytelling and film-based curriculum within established youth programs.
• Designed and facilitated weekly classes using anoriginal curriculum focused on storytelling, media literacy, and creative expression.
• Adapted lesson plans in real time based on student needs, engagement, and learning styles.

• Project-managed community engagement initiatives connected to film and media projects, including workshops, panels, screenings, and facilitated discussions.
• Coordinated logistics, schedules, materials, and partner communication for one-time and short-term virtual and in-person events.
• Developed agendas, discussion guides, and facilitator materials to support clear, well-organized engagement experiences.

• Served as a contracted educator, delivering storytelling and film-based curriculum to youth in established, ongoing programs.
• Designed and facilitated weekly classes using an original curriculum focused on storytelling, media literacy, and creative expression.
• Led classroom instruction and guided group discussions, supporting student engagement and learning outcomes.
• Adapted lesson plans in real time based on student needs, energy, and learning styles.