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DEI Practitioner

A creative strategist and cultural guide who listens deeply, designs inclusive spaces, and uses tactics via visual, verbal, and strategic ways to ensure every story gets heard.

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A Little Bit

of

Everything

  • DEI education through creative methods.

  • Modeling, skin positivity, outfits, photos, and art.

  • Solo living, eczema care, reconnection to heritage.

  • Apparel, scrunchies, and art that represent identity & belonging.

Reimagining Beauty, One Body at a Time

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For the past few years, I have worked in the DEI field building communities and simply teaching others how to be kinder to their peers. After deep reflection and guidance from close friends I found that the other pillars in my life actually reflect the same work! For the next dosage of this journey I am going through what I call “The Merger”.

“The Merger” explores connecting all my passions and pillars together to find the bridges and intersections that spark joy in my life. The pillars are contained within the titles of Creative Inclusion, Visual Storytelling, Healing & Identity, and Products with Purpose. But the message of theme carries the essence of some of these simple job titles I hold below. See more reflected in the Doses tab.

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    Career

    The 9 to 5 allows me to connect with a wider range of peers on a daily basis. I train employees in the public sector on DEI foundations and concepts which bridges in my academic workings.

    Make It
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    Creative

    Working on Dose of Darchelle, keeps my thoughts flowing. I use what I learn about myself and about the world in my art work, sewing, and other creations as a mode of physical and visual storytelling.

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  • Image is Darchelle D. Burnett leaning against a wooden box on the ground. She is wearing a white long sleeve, brown pants, and a curly afro. All on a blue backdrop.

    Model

    Growing up, I wished I saw more people with my body type, skin, and hair …. on pretty much everything. Now I am in the position of giving back through representation. Connecting with clientele, beautiful souls, and adding to the growth.

    Make It
  • Image of Darchelle D. Burnett sitting at a table in a conference room with her name displayed in front of her and a few pages of notes. She is wearing a brown dress, with a lanyard that has her name and the Eczema Expo 2023 conference information.

    Eczema

    Something that had held me back has become something that pushed me forwards. Sharing my journey and engaging with others on the research and community has become a placement of learning intersectional identities.

    Make It

The Foundation of it All

Darchelle D. Burnett, M.A. (she/her/hers) is an Afro-Indigenous (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma/Black) woman who raised primarily in Southern California. In pursuit of higher education she moved to Monterey, California, where she graduated from California State University, Monterey Bay with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Anthropology and a minor in Peace Studies. Furthering her academic craft, she navigated up to Washington State and graduated from the University of Washington-Bothell with a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies degree.

She has enjoyed various leadership experiences that have furthered her understanding of institutional politics, organizational frameworks, and more, allowing her to envision careers that involve fostering Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. In research, community, career, and university involvements, Darchelle thrives the most when engaging in transformative dialogue and creative-inclusion perspectives, which she believes leads to more equitable and comfortable working spaces. She holds value to the idea of storytelling and aims to research these positions as they aid institutions in taking account of the voices that make up their workforce, specifically highlighting the ones that are often silenced.

Read More She continues the idea of storytelling by diversifying the spaces that she finds herself in whether it's creative art, academia, modeling, or corporate workspaces. Dose of Darchelle is a place that promotes her creative outlook on diversity, equity, and inclusion, by featuring creative engagements that are reflective of self-love, body and skin positivity, and self-transformation.

She is not perfect whatsoever, but she strives to be as authentic and candid as possible in all of the doses of her creations and contributions. Darchelle acknowledges the field and social landscape that the world is in, and hopes to educate others on aspects of kindness being at the foundation of our interactions. In her personal journey, she had to overcome personal, social, and professional adversary which led down a path of wanting to learn about self-love, self-care, advocation, and relationship building. Because of the knowledge built, she has learned how to start to envision herself beautifully, generating more kindness and understanding towards her experiences! In turn, her belief is that the more individuals are able to hold kindness to themselves (their experiences, their intersectionalities, their uniqueness, etc….) the more they are able to see, understand, and or appreciate the differences in uniqueness that they might see back into the world. 

At that point we are able to take reflection on our spaces, our crafts, our ways, and adjust where needed to acknowledge the growing landscape around us.