Victoria Scott-Miller
Victoria Scott-Miller is an award-winning Raleigh-based entrepreneur, fellow, series creator of The Museum Lives in MeTM and owner NC’S 1st Black-owned children bookstore, specializing in children’s literature. Her
work has been spotlighted in numerous media outlets, including Essence, NPR Here & Now, Washington Post, Good Morning America, CNN and Oprah Magazine.
She was inducted as the youngest and first African American woman into the Wake County Public School Hall of Fame in the category of Entrepreneurship and most recently became a Village of Wisdom Dreamship and Invested Faith Fellow.
Victoria Scott-Miller was commissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art to serve as author and creative director, for her debut series, The Museum Lives in Me and was the first African American to have such a commission in the state and museum’s history. Following its success, she signed a global-multi book deal to expand her series to museums across the country with Paw Prints Publishing an imprint of Baker & Taylor.
As an innovator, liberation strategist, and literacy advocate, she is committed to creating uplifting stories of the possibilities of black and brown children while building the infrastructure and initiatives that promote legacy building, generational safekeeping, and historical guardianship for marginalized voices.
Victoria attributes her writing style and inspiration to her experiences growing up in her birthplace of Memphis, TN. When she is not championing the amplification of Black voices, she enjoys traveling, hiking, roller-skating, and visiting art museums with her husband Duane, their two sons Langston and Emerson. She is represented by Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency, based in Brooklyn, NY
Dream for Black Children
“I dream that Black children grow up exchanging stories and curiosities that allow them to be witnesses, relishing in the beauty of the world. When their tears flow, this is viewed as an extension of emotional awareness and vulnerability. That growing up Black is infused with memories of laughter, joy, and boundlessness. I dream that I would not need to dream this dream because the world celebrates their existence, and they live peacefully being the otherworldly wonders that they are.”