Main Session Speakers
Shawndra Lucas
Shawndra Lucas has served as a Chi Alpha missionary since 2014. She and her husband, Todd, lead Chicago XA, a multicultural citywide community of student disciple-makers.
Shawndra is passionate about using her gifts to build the Kingdom of God and seeing others released into their callings through discipleship and Spirit empowerment. Shawndra is a spoken word artist, essayist, and author who describes herself as a “high-functioning introvert”. She holds a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a master’s degree in education. Shawndra is a connoisseur of syntax, water bottles, the 90s, and pound cake.
Kenji Kuriyama
Kenji Kuriyama is the director of Chi Alpha at The Ohio State University. He came to the United State as an international student from Costa Rica. Having a Costa Rican mother, and a Japanese father, Kenji grew up bi-lingual and bi-cultural. Kenji got plugged in the Chi Alpha group at Louisiana State University during his undergrad and came to know the Lord during his time there. He then went to Indiana University to help pioneer the Chi Alpha group there during his grad school years. He now leads a staff of 10 missionaries at OSU along his wife Sierra and the team pioneered the Chi Alpha group in 2020.