Amikaeyla Gaston

Amikaeyla, Founder and Executive Director of ICAHSI, the International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute, has done extensive work in the health arena for over the past 20 years. For many years, she worked in the Dept of Health & Human Services at the Office of the Surgeon general as a speech writer for Drs. Antonia Novello and Jocelyn Elders. Winner of eight Washington Area Music Association Awards for Best Jazz, World and Urban Contemporary Vocalist, Amikaeyla was named DC’s best female composer in 2006 & 2008.