Kim Singleton
Content creator, filmmaker, writer, and poet.
• Author of I Love My People
• Executive producer and host of the online program
Consider It Blacklit, winner of the Public Media Award of Excellence in 2018 and 2019.
• Media Executive at CBS and FOX.
• BS from Howard University
• MBA from NYU, Stern School of Business,
• Former international president of the Howard University
Alumni Association.
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Proust Questionnaire
Today
Personal Motto: When life presents you options, always choose the option that makes you a better person. Even if temptation or instant gratification lures you in the opposite direction.
Role Models(s): Filmmaker - Ava Duvernay. I admire how she makes films that cover a broad array of topics.
Mother – D. Kim Singleton, EdD – She continues to maintain a strong work ethic and continues to help people.
Advice to High School self: Take advantage of opportunities to travel more and become fluent in a second language.
What do you most value in your friends?
Unconditional friendship. Even when I’m not at my best, they are still there for me.
They encourage me to a better person.
What do you consider your greatest achievement:
What I consider my greatest achievement varies throughout the years. Right now… being a published author.
What is your greatest regret: Not becoming fluent in multiple languages at a young age.
High School Experience
Attended: Central Senior High, Seat Pleasant, MD
Favorite subject: Math
After school activities: Math Club, Drama Club, Student Government, Cheerleader (captain)
Yearbook quote: NA
Fondest memory: Leading the cheerleading team at the basketball game where our team won the State semi-finals.
Biggest influence (inside family): Mother, D. Kim Singleton, EdD.
I admired her work ethic and her readiness to help people.
Biggest influence (outside family): Social Studies Teacher – Mrs. Thaxton. Mrs. Thaxton broaden my scope of African American Literature.
Pop Culture: The music of Earth Wind & Fire and Parliament Funkadelic