My name is Kailani Campbell. I am Dinétah (Navajo) and Mexican- American from the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. I am a muralist specializing in aerosol art, fine art, graphic design, silkscreen printing, airbrush and custom auto-body painting. I started writing graffiti in 2006, when I was 16 years old. My inspiration for graffiti was that I wanted to see my name everywhere. I loved the concept of my gender, nationality, and identity being hidden. In the world of graffiti, no one knows who you are. They just know your name. It’s up to you to show the other writers how far you can push the art form based on your skill only. I fell in love with the freedom of graffiti. I quickly realized that this art form has no limits and this is exactly what I need. No limits. Graffiti gave me a tremendous amount of self-confidence, self-reassurance, stability and independence. Graffiti is meant to be a part of me. In this mindset of being in a world with no limitations, this opened up many professional opportunities for me. Without a degree, I became a graphic artist and worked for various design companies in New Mexico and Hawai’i. I became a Mural Arts Instructor and led troubled teens in massive mural projects for our community. I conducted my first gallery opening featuring my handmade paintings. I started a small side business by creating my own brand with a clothing line, stickers, art prints, posters, paintings and worked with private clients for commissions. I grew a large social media following by learning how to promote and advertise my work. I easily picked up video editing and started to venture into producing my own music. Both of these additional skills greatly improved my online presence. I created videos and photos of building my own canvases, live paintings, vector art time lapses, mural time lapses, graffiti art time lapses and musical performances of myself and friends. I picked up the art of Photography and found a love for capturing people and foliage. In this process of discovering all the opportunities that Graffiti had led me to, I naturally became an event coordinator. Life gave me the skills and a wonderful team in my community to make this happen and I didn’t hesitate. I am now able to lead my own events that are youth inspired in art, music and healing. Because of Graffiti, I have an impressive work resume, the knowledge needed to stabilize my own business, many avenues of creative expression and most importantly, the ability to relate to troubled teens who need my inspiration through my story. Healing trauma and pain comes in many forms. My experience is just one example in a million. I hope to inspire many others to share their stories with young ones when they feel open to it. All it takes is one to uplift another and our world can change.