Creative Director and Producer

Artist, futurist, and award-winning filmmaker from NYC.

Since childhood, I’ve always envisioned creating an enchanting immersive art space. Now, I’m bringing that childhood dream to life with R3imagine Immersive.

Previously, I directed the award-winning film, Afro Algorithms. This 3D animated short in the Afrofuturist genre explores the topics of AI and bias. The story recently made history by being sent to space on NASA's first Moon mission since 1972.

My multimedia creations have been exhibited at MoMA in NYC, and my writing published in ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar. I have spoken across the globe including the United Nations, Afrotech, and leading Universities. Me and my work has been featured in Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more.

A native New Yorker, I graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.

My work is not just about creating art; it's about reimagining our world’s potential. Through my creations, I am committed to building a more sustainable, equitable, and imaginative future. I stand guided by the North Star of creating impactful projects that inform, enchant, and inspire.

Partnerships and Growth Lead

DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, a black-owned streaming platform. She’s a former radio host and producer of emPower Hour, a show that examined social justice issues affecting people of color, on Washington, DC’s 89.3 FM WPFW.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Spencer served as Director of Communications for EdMarket (formerly NSSEA) where she ran the communications department and managed all media properties for the organization.

Spencer graduated from Jackson State University where she studied communications and journalism. She has written for The Clarion-Ledger, The Oakland Tribune and the Crisis Magazine. She is a Halcyon Incubator Fellow, a Voqal Fellow and a Google NexGen Policy Leader.

Spencer was first place winner of the 2017 Harvard Business School African Business Conference Pitch Competition. A former AmeriCorps*VISTA and Chips Quinn Scholar, she is featured in the book, “How We Fight White Supremacy” as one of the more than 60+ black leading organizers, artists, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc., combating white supremacy through their work. In 2019, the Digital Diversity Network named Spencer the Innovation & Inclusion Social Entrepreneur of the Year.

Spencer, whose company is a 2023 Black Ambition Prize Winner, is an alum of Andreessen Horowitz's Talent x Opportunity Accelerator Fall 2023 cohort. DeShuna and her company have been featured in CNN Business, Fast Company, Refinery 29, TIME, Emmy Magazine & more. 

Creative Technologist and Interaction Designer

As an innovative Creative Technologist at Magnopus, she is dedicated to designing and developing immersive experiences that blend digital and physical realms, leveraging VR, AR, AI, and game engines such as Unreal Engine and Unity.

An alumna and a former instructor of the GRX Immersive Labs Unreal Engine and Virtual Production Fellowship, she is passionate about empowering diverse communities in real-time and virtual production, and motion capture.

She holds dual B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Spelman College and North Carolina A&T, and an M.S. in Computer Science Multimedia and Creative Technologies from the University of Southern California.