Ayana Ayo believes in the transformative power of art to impact the social, emotional and intellectual development of individuals and society, and has remained committed to spreading and fostering these ideas and values beginning her art administrative career with No Longer Empty. Since working with street art focused human rights campaign, Paint the Change, formerly Education is Not a Crime, Ayana Ayo has carved out a niche for herself bringing her art administrative experience to the public art sphere to produce and coordinate public art initiatives for various organizations & corporations. In 2020, she founded Let’s Paint in August to distinguish and house her curatorial initiated projects and successful launched The One Wall Movement in partnership with Hi-ARTS.

She has an BA in American Studies & Organizational Management from Claremont McKenna College, is a graduate of the UPENN & National Art Strategies Executive Program in Arts & Culture and was a 2018 Singapore International Foundation Arts for Good Fellow.

She continues to seek out art initiatives where she can use her experience in arts education, community engagement & program management.