Lifelong Prince-ologists and friends; Robin Shumays and Dr. Mauri de Govia are your hosts for this monthly interactive webinar series that serves to inspire and enlighten audiences on the life and legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson.
Robin:
Robin Shumays is a multi-disciplinary designer and artist whose work has been featured at the Africa Fashion Week and Fashion Envie shows in New York City. In June of 2021, she will be presenting at the University of Minnesota on Prince and his influence on fashion through the 1980s. She is also co-director and dance performer with Zikrayat, an Arabic Music and Dance Ensemble that has performed at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, William and Mary College, and throughout the Northeast. She has also worked professionally as a web developer, graphic designer, social media consultant, model, and recently she took a slight career pivot into UX design. Once upon a time, Robin held a short lived dream job as administrative assistant at Paisley Park Music. Of all of this, her greatest accomplishment to date is her daughter Mehrunnisa.
Dr. Mauri:
Dr. Mauriciere de Govia, affectionately known as Dr. Mauri, is an educator, leader, and an avid evangelical of Princeology. She has been in Prince school since the age of 9 and has listened and applied his lessons of artistry, advocacy, and self-proclaimed freedom to transform and improve schools for children and their respective communities. She has served as an educational leader over 20 years and has leveraged the roles of being a principal and superintendent to be a stand for transformational leadership that executes social change and redefines generational legacies. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her 2 awesome kids and is excited to create, build, and nurture The 0+> Paradigm as a commitment to empowering and sustaining the legacy of the one and only Prince Rogers Nelson.