Dafina (she/her) is a coach, facilitator, strategist and question wizard. She has spent her career at the intersection of arts management, philanthropy, technology and communications. She is committed to bringing joy, curiosity and liberated processes to McMillan Works.

Dafina co-founded Crux, an immersive technology storytelling platform and co-op focused solely on creating and distributing content by and for Black artists. Previously, she was a program officer on the arts team of Bloomberg Philanthropies, where she managed a digital engagement initiative and a capacity-building program supporting more than 260 small and mid-sized arts organizations across the country.

Dafina served as the Director of Communications & Conferences for Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit theatre. In 2012, she was integral in launching TCG’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative to support organizations and artists nationwide. Dafina was the Associate Managing Director of Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, MN. She held numerous leadership positions at global public relations agency GCI Group (now Cohn & Wolfe) in New York, and consulted with the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on community engagement initiatives.

Dafina is an alumna of the Kennedy Center’s International Arts Management Fellowship and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2025, Dafina completed a Liberatory Coaching Certification Program rooted in individual and collective healing and liberation. She is a certified Zumba® instructor based in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Tiwa Land).