Ninel Nekay (preferably known as NZZY) (she/her) is a second-generation Jamaican-American Southerner & interdisciplinary cultural worker whose art demonstrates the stifled desires and salvation of Black Americans. As a writer, performer, creative director, documentarian, lecturer, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her work, Nzzy seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their agency and pursue their own utopias. Her creative work has been featured at The Alliance Theater, The Fox Theater, The Center For Civil And Human Rights, The War Memorial Opera House, The Kennedy Center For Performing Arts, We Day, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and more.