Cheeki Williams is a singer- songwriter, orator, poet, small business owner and a multidisciplinary artist. Affectionately known as “Ms. C” by her students. She is an advocate for arts education and is deeply involved in the CNY Community. She works closely with the Syracuse City School District and is also an enrichment teacher in multiple schools across the region. Williams also creates waist beads and other ancestral wellness inspired items and vends at various community events. You can check out her work @plantednotburiedshop. Cheeki is known for her authentic energy everywhere she goes. Planted Not Buried is her life mantra and she lives by it in more ways than one.