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Speaker · Educator · Facilitator · Mentor
BA, Arts Entertainment & Media Management · Columbia College Chicago
Internationally Touring Artist · Serial Entrepreneur
· Graduate School Collaborator · Event Producer
Music Business
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Vocal & Lyrical Artistry
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Entrepreneurship
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Eco & Social Impact
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Leadership
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Activism
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Music Business 〰️ Vocal & Lyrical Artistry 〰️ Entrepreneurship 〰️ Eco & Social Impact 〰️ Leadership 〰️ Activism 〰️
Shayna Gladstone | Sister Stone
Shayna Gladstone is a Metro-Detroit born, internationally touring recording artist, serial entrepreneur, facilitator, and educator with over a decade of experience building at the intersection of music, technology, ecology, and community leadership. Known artistically as Sister Stone, frequently compared to Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Mary J. Blige she brings rare credibility as a working artist, educator, and practitioner to every room she enters. She has shared stages with Londrelle, Supaman, Lyla June, Mose, Porangui and has been recognized by Digable Planets & Tmoney Edward Greene (former bass player and producer for Snoop Dogg, Tupac and Dr. Dre).
Before launching her music career in 2020, Shayna has a vast entrepreneurial history of building a tech startup, a marketing agency, and multiple education and personal development businesses focused on ecological and social leadership. She has served as a 1:1 business, creativity, and leadership mentor-coach, helped raise over $250,000 for indigenous and ecological projects worldwide, and produced large-scale events and festivals across North America, Mexico, and beyond. She holds a BA in Arts, Entertainment & Media Management from Columbia College Chicago.
Speaking, Facilitation &
Performance Highlights
Graduate School · Multi-Day In-person Immersion · Featured Performer & Facilitator
Aug 2024 — San Diego
High Tech High Graduate School of Education
Co-facilitated a multi-day wilderness immersion camp as a guest teacher and artist to inaugurate HTH's graduate degree program grounding incoming master's students in community, equity, and the purpose of education through experiential learning, music, and leadership. The curriculum was anchored in foundational equity scholarship including Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Weissglass on constructivist listening, Emdin's pedagogy of authentic engagement, and Kumishiro on education, democracy, and social justice. Sister Stone guided students through leadership practices weaving an her live original music performance with themes of leadership, a land acknowledgement ceremony and other community building activities.
Conference · Featured Performer & Facilitator
Nov 2024 - San Diego, CA
San Diego County Office of Education — Equity Camp: The Strength of Our Stories
Featured performer and facilitator at Equity Camp: The Strength of Our Stories, part of the annual San Diego Equity Conference—a statewide gathering of educators, leaders, and changemakers advancing equity in education. Led an interactive workshop and live music experience centering storytelling as a tool for connection, cultural awareness, and transformative learning. Guided participants through reflective and community-building practices integrating original music, voice, and facilitated dialogue to support educators in engaging identity, lived experience, and inclusive leadership within their classrooms and communities.
Guest Lecture · Psychology of Performing Arts — Feb 2024 · Virtual
University of Denver — Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Invited guest speaker in the Psychology of Sport and Performing Arts Program, contributing to graduate-level coursework focused on translating sport psychology principles into performing arts contexts. Shayna Participated in a live virtual seminar with Master’s students training to become Mental Performance Coaches and Sport Psychologists.
Shared first-hand experience as a performing artist, engaging in discussion on psychological skills for performance including confidence, performance anxiety, identity, focus, emotional recovery from mistakes, stress, burnout, and injury. Offered practitioner insight bridging lived artistic experience with sport psychology theory and research, supporting students’ understanding of the psychological environments across music, dance, acting, and other performance disciplines.
Speaking Engagement · Panelist — June 2016 · Santa Monica, CA
Patagonia Store Santa Monica — Journeys to Activism: Our Choices Define Us (Hosted by Liz Clark)*
Invited panelist and speaker for Journeys to Activism: Our Choices Define Us, an intimate community event held at Patagonia’s Santa Monica store, bringing together women leaders in environmental and social impact. Shared personal storytelling on pathways into activism, purpose-led living, and feminine leadership alongside Anna Cummins and Jordan Howard. Contributed to an immersive evening experience integrating reflective dialogue, community practices, and storytelling to inspire individuals to follow their internal compass toward meaningful action and systemic change.
Conference · Curator, Facilitator & Featured Performer — 2015–2018
Bioneers Conference
Curated spaces, facilitated workshops, and performed as a featured artist across multiple years at the Bioneers Conference—an internationally recognized gathering at the intersection of environmental regeneration, social justice, and cultural transformation. Designed and held experiential spaces integrating music, storytelling, and community dialogue to support collective learning, connection, and activism. Contributed to the conference’s mission of fostering innovative solutions and leadership for a more just and sustainable world.