Kettia Ming is a Haitian immigrant, entrepreneur, writer, and cultural leader based in New York. She founded Smarter Toddler, a Manhattan-based childcare company that grew from a single basement location to four thriving centers before being acquired by Bright Horizons in a multimillion-dollar deal. Her experience navigating the sale, a high-stakes legal battle, and strategic bankruptcy became the foundation for her debut memoir, Run the Mile You’re In: One Founder’s Journey Through Success, Loss, and Reinvention (Evergreen House Press, May 2026).Kettia currently serves as Executive Director of Black Theatre United, where she works at the intersection of art, activism, and institutional change. She writes the Substack newsletter Run The Mile You’re In, exploring the lessons that emerge when things fall apart and what it takes to rebuild.She lives in New York.

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