Meet The Team

Kiesa Kay, BSJ, MA, RYT200,  poet and playwright, has edited two educational anthologies, one of which received the Legacy Award as the best book for parents and teachers in its publication year. She co-wrote Images of America: Yancey County with Elaine McAlister Dellinger. Kiesa's historical plays have been presented in six states.  Love Makes A Home: The Story of Rebecca Boone was featured as a convocation at Berea College and has been shown in more than 20 venues, including Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Orchard at Altapass, and as a livestream for Ouachita Little Theater during the pandemic.. Thunder is the Mountain's Voice has been presented at Rocky Mountain National Park and was chosen for a special sesquicentennial celebration in Estes Park, Colorado, in 2023. Her new play, Sky Eyes, received its first staged reading this year at Hendersonville Little Theater. As a member of Storytelling for Collective Healing, Kiesa co-created Creating Our Own Resilience, which was performed at La Mama Experimental Theater in New York City. Kiesa previously owned a writing retreat in the South of France, where she penned her memoir, Tornado Alley. Kiesa conducts a monthly webinar on Transforming Trauma through Creative Expression for Survivor Space, and she has written freelance articles for numerous publications, including WNC Magazine, Mountain Xpress, and Blue Ridge Christian News.