The Power of Redirection
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This session will explore how unexpected life shifts can reshape purpose, identity, and calling. Through a panel discussion, Christy Felix and Jaykwon Hosey will share their personal journey's of navigating life’s redirections and how faith, resilience, and community can transform uncertainty into clarity.
The session will invite attendees to reflect on their own moments of transition while offering practical insight on trusting new paths, redefining success, and moving forward with courage when life unfolds differently than expected.
About the Presenters
Catherine Nakato
Catherine Nakato is a cultural producer, workshop facilitator, and founder of mYouSeeEm, a digital and immersive storytelling platform that centers art, culture, and connectivity across the Diaspora. With a background in Psychology and Sociology, Catherine blends lived experience, scholarship, and creativity to inspire others to step boldly into their legacy. Her work is rooted in faith, equity, and community—and she’s passionate about helping others disrupt the narrative and live with purpose.
Christy Felix
Christy Felix developed an app called The Hustle List which serves as a small business directory for New England. The goal is to give traditionally overlooked hustlers visibility, tools, and resources and connect them with potential customers. The Hustle List is a community-powered platform that spotlights small businesses, mobilizes intentional spending, and turns visibility into real economic impact. Our aim is to redistribute the wealth back into local communities
Before The Hustle List, I gained experience as an analyst in the investment banking industry, served as a Project Manager at a marketing agency, and founded an online marketplace for college students called UHustle. UHustle was an online marketplace connecting students to side-hustlers on campus. Her entrepreneurial journey was inspired by a belief that everyone has the power to achieve economic freedom through their talents.
Jaykwon Hosey
Jaykwon Hosey is currently a Master of Divinity and Practical Theology student at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, GA, and holds a Theological Studies degree from Candler School of Theology. Kwon is a poet and storyteller, and considers his writing emotionally resonant and a means by which he remembers, reclaims, and reimagines his own story, making his deepest considerations, wounds, and hopes known. All rooted in a genuine appreciation for rap stories and a commitment to his faith and the lives and voices that have shaped his becoming.
His life is currently informed by his journey with grief, experience of loss, and his discovery of creative paths that lead to wholeness. And his commitment to the paths of healing.
