04/29/2026
✨ THANK GOD I’M POPPIN’ SPOTLIGHT: Shayla James ✨
🧡 Some people build community wherever they go. Shayla () builds entire ecosystems for creativity, connection, and care — and she’s doing it while learning how to live fully with MS.
🎶 Shayla is a musician, teaching artist, nonprofit leader, and co-creator of a San Diego creative hub () bringing artists and organizers together through culture and collaboration.
🎉 She’s also a recent MOXIE Award honoree, recognized for her leadership and impact in the arts community.
💖 Diagnosed with MS in 2022, she’s been redefining success in real time:
• learning to schedule rest like it matters (because it does)
• returning to teaching and playing music after symptoms paused her path
• staying rooted in community care, creativity, and curiosity
• and reminding herself daily: Take it one day at a time. You’re doing the best you can
🙌🏾 That’s what poppin’ looks like.
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