About Kind Kulture

Who we are. Why we are.

A Los Angeles cultural institution founded in 2020. We are building toward a permanent home for survivor testimony, art, and storytelling.

Governance

The board and advisory.

Board of Directors

Consolee Nishimwe

Board Member

Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi and author of Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Pain, Resilience and Hope. An internationally recognized speaker and women’s rights advocate, Consolee has addressed audiences at the United Nations General Assembly and has been featured in Time, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and Voice of America.

Sherry Horowitz

Board Member

Founder and President of Horowitz-Harnick Communications. A public-relations strategist with more than 25 years of experience across financial services, independent film, and high-net-worth membership organizations, including nearly eight years as Vice President of Public Relations at TIGER 21. Cornell graduate. Member of Chief.

Lynn Stuart

Board Member

Board member of Kind Kulture. Full bio forthcoming.

Dydine & Alex Anderson

Founders · Officers

Dydine serves as President and CEO. Alex serves as Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Director. See the Founders section above.

Advisory Board

Aaron Friedman

Advisor · OLASTEO

Executive Director and co-founder of OLASTEO (Our Lives As Seen Through Each Other), the Los Angeles youth nonprofit he founded with his wife Ceci. Aaron serves as the bridge between OLASTEO’s student reach across Los Angeles County and Kind Kulture’s survivor-storytelling methodology. Native New Yorker. University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Isabella Harnick

Advisor · Volunteer Lead

Operations Manager at NYU Langone Health, where she manages the Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery, and Pediatrics. Cornell-trained in policy and healthcare administration; adjunct faculty at Cornell teaching Hospital Operations. Isabella leads Kind Kulture’s volunteer team and brings hospital-grade operational precision to the work of building something permanent.

Build With Us

Stand with us at the founding.

Founding Partners join us before the building exists. Their belief is what makes the institution real.

Kind Kulture is the public name of Umuco Love, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 85‑0780571. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.