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ChelseaDee Harrison is a theater-maker, artivist, and public arts engagement specialist. She has facilitated community-based arts workshops with The Kennedy Center, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Carnegie Hall, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and for survivors of human trafficking and their families. She is a tenured Teaching Artist with the New Victory Theater, a former New Victory Theater LabWorks artist, and a Teaching Artists Guild National Advisory Committee Member. She is a 2024 TYA/USA Emerging Leader Fellow as well as a 2024 Arts and Humanities Fellow with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Most recently, her creative work includes researching and piloting the Free Black Chesapeake Project- a community, art and history experience. She is the executive producer, writer, and host of the warrior queen podcast, Vanguard of the Viragoes. She is the creator of the virtual healing experience, The Ritual of Repair and the writer of Home is Where The Fund Is: A Story of Southern Synergy, a new theater piece centering the work of abortion funds in the American South. Her inspiration is crafting multi-platform public engagement experiences that highlight history, challenge dominant narratives and ensure that art is a tool in the hands of the people.