January 2021
Cover Model for Focus on the Family Magazine
At the request of one of their photographers, I will be on the cover of the Winter 2021 edition of a Focus on the Family magazine.
Fall 2020
Designed For Life Conference Promo Actor/Model
Designed for Life is an international conference that hosts 10,000 participants from all over the world. I was asked to be the primary model for the conference (Video can be viewed on my portfolios page) and promotional materials.
2017 - present
Petra Ballet Company
I've been in love with dance since the age of 3. After a decade of ballet, modern, jazz, and contemporary, I was invited to join Petra Ballet Company as a junior company member (2018-2019) and then a student apprentice (2019-present).
2017 - 2021
Academic Awards
Since Kindergarten, I have attended a Classical College-Prep Academy. My freshman year, I received a Cum Laude. I received Magna Cum Laude my Sophomore year. For my junior year, I received a Cum Laude and this year I'm on track for a Magna Cum Laude.
2017
Federation Highest
Since September 2016, I have been taking weekly voice lessons which will continue through my undergraduate studies. In 2017, I received a 5 for Highest Honors in a Federation Competition.
2014 - present
Volunteer with Children's Ministry
My faith community is a very important part of my life. Since sixth grade, I've enjoyed weekly volunteering with the children's ministry (pre-schoolers) and more recently with the youth (as a greeter to newcomers).
April 2011 - March 2012
Fund-Raising for Non-Profits
My first fund-raising effort was at the age of seven (2011) when I established "Keona's Kookies" to sell sweets and buy shoes for children in need through Rural Compassion. My next project was baking to purchase a bookshelf and books for children in India whose mothers were in the sex industry and being ministered to through Project Rescue. Additionally, I've baked to purchase educational videos for rural children in the USA and medical supplies in Egypt.
2003 - present
Sibling of Special Needs Brothers
My heart has been shaped by having a brilliant older brother who is on the autistic spectrum and a loving and hilarious younger brother who was exposed to meth in the womb. (All of us were adopted at birth). Emotionally, I'm the oldest though my brother is seven years my senior. Growing up in a special needs family has given me the opportunity to grow grace, patience, and compassion.
Keona Grace
I love God, family, friends, coffee, and my golden-doodle, Zegen Raka. My greatest joys are spending time with the people I love, finding new ways to praise God with my movement, and growing myself and others.