I’m Cherie Chillin’ Kabba—an award-winning graphic artist, spoken word artist, and visionary publisher behind The Soultown Magazine. My work lives at the intersection of creativity, culture, and community. Whether I’m designing bold visuals, performing powerful spoken word, or leading digital innovation as a Certified Google Cloud Digital Leader, everything I do is rooted in purpose and passion.
Take a look around—you’re not just viewing a portfolio, you’re stepping into a journey of art, impact, and soul.
EDUCATION
• Master's Degree in Information Systems
• Master's Business Administration
• BS in Business
• AAA degree in Graphic Communications
SOFTWARE SKILLS
• AI ChatGPT
• AI DALL-E
• AI Midjourney
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Premiere
• CapCut
• Doodly
• GarageBand
• Godaddy website platform
• Google Docs / Microsoft Word
• Google Slides / Microsoft PowerPoint
• Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel
• iMovie
• JasperAI
• Keynote
• Pages
• QuarkXPress
• Quicktime
• 4K Video
Chillin' Kabba
319.505.4020
The Soultown is a magazine where a group of writers and spearheaded a project that would fulfill a promise she made to her ancestors while visiting The House of Slaves on Goree Island ... off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa.
Celebrating others combining
my spoken word and design skills.
A gift from God it is!
Special thanks to the Conscious Youth Media Crew from San Francisco who trained my colleagues and I on creating documentaries on Unsung Heroes in our communities and our personal lives. Meet a Reel Hood Hero
Cherie Kabba (Chillin da Conscious Poet).
Give me 5!
Mayor Quentin Hart Did It Again!
Teens from the Moldaw-Zaffaroni
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
unites and promises to never
drop out of high school.
Former Mayor / City Councilwoman Cecilia Taylor Surprises Female Advice Columnist, Queen Gabby of The Soultown Magazine.
The Saddest Story Never Told is a poem I wrote nearly 20 years ago. I am exploring various software to determine the style I enjoy the best to illustrate spoken word. Spoken word expresses the true feelings of the poet.
A few weeks back, my ancestors gave me a word to speak to my CEO, Peter Fortenbaugh. On the 5th day of Kwanzaa, I shared my NIA/PURPOSE ...
a spoken word piece.
I thought or I think I can retain more of the Google Cloud concepts
if I create my own stories
and rhymes. How did I do?
By no means is this a comprehensive preview of Google GKE & Kubernetes. As a Cloud Fellow, I use rhythm and rhyme to help me understand my weekly assignments. Next week, Cloud Run!
This is the 3rd of a 3-part series
where I am learning
about Google Cloud
Compute Engine options.
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