Malakai is a Director, artist & philanthropist on a mission to spin world-building, fantastical narratives that disrupt archetypes of the black diaspora. 

Malakai is also the founder of Made In Her Image – a 501©3 non-profit empowering young girls and non-binary youth of color to create future social equity within film, media and technology. She received a Community Service Award at SXSW 2020 for her real-world impact on diversity and creating hands on training and education. A previous Sundance Horizon Award Winner, Malakai also received the Contemporary Forum Artist Award from the Phoenix Art Museum for her film installation on death and mortality through the eyes of blackness.