Dr. Keena Day is an educator, writer and poet. She has been an educator for 20 years; She served as a teacher and currently leads school leadership, teachers, and school organizations in many areas of instructional leadership including curriculum, assessment, instructional design, leadership coaching, and data analysis. Dr. Day is also a freelance writer and journalist writing for several media outlets such as the Tennessee Tribune, Boardhawk, and My Black Colorado Magazine. Keena’s recent work includes serving as a contributing author for two best selling books that were released in 2021: The HBCU Experience: Band Alumni Edition, and the Black Studies collegiate textbook Africana Paradigms, Practices, and Literary Texts. She has been a frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows including Google Education, EdCuration and Teach Colorado and has been a speaker at conferences focused on Black women's empowerment, education, and literacy instruction. Dr. Day is a community advocate serving on the board of the Colorado Women for Political Action (CBWPA), is the appointed National Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity and consults with multiple independent charter schools and nonprofit organizations. For her leadership in education and community work, Keena was recognized as a "Forty Under 40" Awardee for TSU's 2020 class, featured as one of the top 100 educators in Colorado by My Black Colorado Magazine, and won the President’s Award for service to CBWPA.
