is a professional dancer and choreographer born and raised in Chicago, IL. She began her training at The Chicago High School for the Arts and received her BFA in Performance and Choreography at The University of Missouri-Kansas City (2021). During her time at UMKC she worked with numerous world-renowned choreographers and instructors. Kennedy has choreographed works for festivals throughout the country, as well as collaborated with composers Isaiah Collier and Angel Bat Dawid. She is currently based in Kansas City, MO as a freelance choreographer/performer, full-time teaching artist with Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey and a second year studio resident at Charlotte Street.