KHILA’s multidisciplinary work uses an experiential and a multicultural lens rooted in the African Diaspora and its movement aesthetics, Black Studies, Womanist theology, and social justice to investigate historical narratives, contemporary culture, identity, and modes of resistance. Her various choreographic works have been selected, featured, and/or commissioned within spaces ranging from Colby College’s Museum of Art to Spelman College’s Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire celebration to UCLA’s 2022 International New Wight Biennial, the Philadelphia Film Society, Spelman Dance Theatre, among others. Having choreographed for the viral sister singing duo, ALARIE, KHILA has also been featured in works by the renowned Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SZA. Recently, Dance Canvas, Inc. named KHILA as a 2025-2026 Choreographer for their Choreographic Development Initiative to premiere her latest project, ODE(2)PAC / Ode to Pac, in March 2026. 

UCLA’s Black Women & Femmes Research Initiative and the UCLA Chancellor’s Council on the Arts recognized KHILA for her arresting creativity and scholarship. She received her formal dance education from Spelman College, earning a BA degree in Dance Performance & Choreography with a Spanish minor and an MFA degree in Choreographic Inquiry from UCLA. Passionate about educating youth, KHILA continues to help aspiring creatives foster their craft through thoughtful mentorship and personalized instruction. She has taught dance technique and theory at prominent institutions such as Syracuse University, UCLA, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and Spelman College, to name a few.

In 2021, the multi-hyphenate hybridized her various creative practices, experiences, and expertises into KHILA LLC; a polymathic incubator for artistic exploration, growth, and ingenuity.