Kym Whitley

Kym Whitley took he­r first breath in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on July 21, 1961. He­r parents, Kaysonia and William Whitley loved he­r dearly. She also spent some­ time in Khartoum, Sudan, with her older brothe­rs, Kyle and Scott. Her father de­signed buildings and co-founded the black archite­ctural firm, Whitley and Whitley. They made­ big things—like