Kayleah Aldrich was born in Buffalo, New York and recently graduated with her BFA from Alfred University’s School of Art and Design in The New York State College of Ceramics with minors in Business Administration, Arts Management, and Dance. Growing up in the performing arts, Kayleah always knew creativity was her passion. Working now with painting, she has exhibited work multiple times on campus at Alfred University, as well as at California State University, The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts (Krakow, Poland), and The University of Saskatchewan (Canada) during the VERSO/RECTO International Print Exchange. Kayleah also studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain for two weeks at Art Print Residency doing copper plate etchings. She has also performed in numerous dance pieces for Alfred University Dance Theatre as well as choreographing three pieces, including a solo. Kayleah currently interns with both the Performing Arts and Dance Divisions and takes on leadership roles while being in the Women’s Leadership Academy, Reporter Team Leader for the Honors Program, as well as president of Boxing Club. She will graduate in 2022 with her MBA.