Ivy Williams is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Fine Arts Program. She is currently studying at Duke University for her Master of Fine Arts degree in the Experimental Documentary Arts Program. Ivy is passionate about social change and social justice and expresses this through films, graphic design, and animations.

Growing up in and experiencing the gentrification of Southeast D.C., Ivy has the first-hand experience in the ways gentrification profoundly disrupts, disregards, and dishevels Black communities. As a student at Penn, Ivy has witnessed the disconnect between the Penn community and the West Philadelphia community. This disconnect reminded Ivy of growing up in DC and has inspired her to delve into documentary filming and animation as a medium to express this disconnect.

Ivy aspires to continue filmmaking but in a more focused area of documentary film. With skills in animation, digital media, and hands-on experience with filmmaking, Ivy will continue her studies through the MFA Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. By creating documentaries with the inclusion and cross-discipline of digital media and animation, Ivy hopes to engage the nation in discussing socioeconomic inequality.