🎨Beyond Tutoring & Other Projects
Passion Projects & Research
Welcome to the extended work I do beyond tutoring and consulting — projects rooted in identity, belonging, research, and education.
🔗 Explore Each Project:
📊 Research Microsite
Rooted in data. Driven by purpose.
Explore Makayla’s ongoing research into educational equity in the DMV — including the effects of institutional support on students, families, and learning environments.
This microsite fuels the vision behind by MaK Design's teaching approach.
🫂 The Belonging Project
Finding your place in Blackness — even when you’ve felt outside of it.
The Belonging Project is a research-rooted initiative exploring what it means to belong within Black culture, especially for those who’ve felt on the margins. Through personal storytelling, lived experiences, and creative workshops, this project creates space for nuanced identity, healing, and community.
🖤 A forthcoming guidebook will share findings, reflections, and tools for anyone navigating their own journey toward cultural belonging.
🤝 The Third Space
Intentional friendships. Honest conversations.
The Third Space explores how men and women build meaningful, platonic friendships — blending reflection, research, and practical tools for navigating boundaries, trust, and emotional safety in mixed-gender relationships. Lets reclaim friendship as our playground.
🌀 A forthcoming workshop series and guidebook will offer practical frameworks for those building richer, more intentional connections.
🤝 The Third Space →