D.L. McKinney is a Detroit native turned GVSU “Laker for a Lifetime” Grand Rapids resident. With a work history that is everything but orthodox, D.L. boasts a hefty career in laboratory science, leadership, and social justice change. D.L. has earned degrees in Business Administration Economics and a Master’s in Public Administration and Health. Currently, serves as support to QTPOC folx as a member of various community committees, Director of Drop In (AYA Youth Collective), Co-owner and Principal Consultant (Paradigm Shifts), and Vice President-Elect of BL2END. D.L. continues to work from a lens of racial and social justice to support individuals and communities, in building their capacity to challenge internal and external systems of oppression to create sustainable change.
Director
AYA Youth Collective