Brittney is a young Black woman with big, round gold & tortoiseshell glasses and shoulder-length black curly hair. She wears a black blazer over a cobalt blue top and is accessorized with an evil eye necklace and tiny gold hoops on her ears. The best accessory that she wears is her smile.

Brittney Symone Grant

Programs Coordinator

She/Her

Brittney Symone Grant is a passionate marketing and administrative professional with six years of experience working with theaters and art nonprofits across Chicago, Ohio, and Connecticut. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Youngstown State University and has even spent a semester abroad in South Korea in 2014. Brittney has a deep passion for social media as well as storytelling and utilizes her theater degree to create engaging marketing narratives.

Before moving to Chicago, Brittney was a teaching artist and actor for a small Shakespeare touring company in Connecticut and a Programs Coordinator for SMARTS (Student Motivated by the Arts) in Ohio. She later moved to Chicago in 2017, where she accomplished her professional theatrical dreams by interning at The League of Chicago Theatres, becoming Steppenwolf Theatre's 2018/2019 PR Apprentice and Fellow and becoming an Executive Assistant for Court Theatre - The University of Chicago. Brittney ended her theatrical career on a high note in 2022 when she was able to contribute and be there for the success of Court Theatre’s first Regional Tony award. With one dream checked off, Brittney is thrilled to bring her creative & storytelling talents to her new career in social and disability justice and help advance Disability Lead's mission.