Kamal Williams serves as the Lead Instructor for the Youth-Led Tech Summer program in Englewood. He has a natural interest in emerging technologies and the latest gizmos and gadgets, and is always looking for ways to enhance his entrepreneurial endeavors. Though Kamal is a filmmaker by trade, he developed an interest in youth mentorship after teaching Broadcast Technology at Hirsch Metropolitan High School during the 2014-1015 school year. His curriculum engaged students in learning how to write, record, edit, and complete their own video packages. One tenet he continuously repeated to his students at Hirsch when creating there own content came from tennis legend Arthur Ashe: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Basically, don’t wait for the circumstances or money to be right, just start! That same tenet gets repeated to his students in the Youth Led Tech program.
Kamal was born and raised on a healthy amount of Saturday morning cartoons and Paul Verhoeven films (well, only two really… Robocop and Total Recall respectively) on the south side of Chicago. While attending Lincoln Park high school, Kamal had ambitions to become a famous film actor, but once he got to college he fell in love with the filmmaking process. He graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a BA in Cinema Studies in 2005. Since college, Kamal has conceptualized, produced, edited and finalized promotional, musical, documentary and short film projects various clients and his personal brand.
Kamalkiddo.com
Twitter: @Kamalkiddo
Vimeo: Vimeo.com/kamalkiddo
