Kiki Kolakowski

My name is Catherine Kolakowski, but I go by Kiki. I’m from Chicago, and just completed my junior year of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since starting college, my love for all things art quickly turned into a love for all things design. Having the opportunity to do design work for a local non-profit last year was one of the most gratifying experiences of my college career, so I could not be more excited to be a part of Camp Firebelly this summer.

Kiki Kolakowski

In Action

June 25 by Kiki K.

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Today we woke up bright and early to prepare our presentation for TLC. I don’t think anyone was expecting it to go as good as it did. Owen and Keisha were thrilled with our concepts which made us even more motivated going forward. After lunch, we had a surprise lecture from Cec. She gave us a little more insight into our work with the TransLife Center.

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We then began a long day of collaboration and design which turned into a long night of more collaboration and design. Through viewers watching the live stream and seeing our presentation from earlier in the day, we were given the opportunity to have Skype session with people from the Transgender community. We were so grateful people were willing to share their stories and open our eyes even more. (So thank you, viewers!) For the rest of the night, there was lots of back and forth and starting over, but we will be ready for our first design presentation tomorrow morning!