Joanna Prescod is an arts and cultural strategist, and fashion and costume scholar based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her work bridges community development, strategic planning, and public engagement, with a focus on museums, storytelling, and art-based practices.

Joanna earned a graduate degree in Humanities, and an undergraduate degree in Culture & Expression from York University. She holds additional  certifications in Fashion Arts, Costume Studies and Cultural Management.

She is best known for her interdisciplinary work at the intersection of fashion, Black aesthetics, and cultural memory, where she explores how garments perform across social, institutional, and digital spaces. Her ongoing project, Hypervisuality, traces the politics of dress and embodiment, particularly among racialized folk navigating visibility and erasure.

Joanna has spoken about her work at cultural institutions and conferences  and is regularly invited to guest teach, facilitate, and consult on fashion, and placemaking. She is currently developing a body of work that explores fashion as memory, method, and material resistance.

Joanna brings care, nuance, and critical inquiry to her work, inviting people to reflect on their role in shaping culture and collective memory.