Khayla Lowe Joins BuildaBridge as Coordinator of Community Programs

Khayla joins BuildaBridge as the former Assistant Program Manager of the Cops & Kids Program, at The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Fine Art and Africana Studies from Lehigh University and has aspirations of pursuing a Masters in Public Policy.  As the assistant program manager, she partnered with the various organizations to implement creative programming focused on social change and community building.  An example of creative programming includes a partnership with the Philadelphia Police Department.  Through this collaboration, local youth and police engaged in a series of dialogue workshops which culminated into a mural project on a police precinct.  Her past work experiences include research for the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).  She is an active member of her local church as the director or the youth choirs and in her free time she is a practicing artist who also enjoys creating art, playing the piano, and singing.