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Ka��򽴫ý�ramuu Kush is busy.

In addition to an active career as an actor, writer, and director (), Kush has had a long, successful career in teaching. After spending a decade as a faculty member at Howard University, Kush recently made the move back to New York��򽴫ý�where his career in show-business began��򽴫ý�to become an Associate Professor at the Sands College of Performing Arts.

How does Kush juggle it all? In his words, teaching the craft is energizing in-and-of-itself

��򽴫ý�To see the students every day for class is just a lift,��򽴫ý� says Kush. ��򽴫ý�No matter what��򽴫ý�s going on in the world or in my life��򽴫ý�when I see them and I know we have some work to do, or films to watch, it��򽴫ý�s always a lift.��򽴫ý�

Kush joined the Sands College of Performing Arts Faculty in Fall 2022, and has hit the ground running. He��򽴫ý�s primarily teaching courses in the Acting for Film, Television, Voiceover, and Commercials BFA program, leveraging his considerable experience as a multi-hyphenate artist to impart both grounding theory and practical, actionable lessons to his students. Like many other instructors at Pace��򽴫ý�s College of Performing Arts��򽴫ý�and at Pace in general��򽴫ý�Kush being a working professional in the very field that he is teaching adds an extra level of insight to the classroom setting.

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Kush, furthermore, believes that his professional and teaching careers go hand-in-hand��򽴫ý�that they symbiotically build off one another, and provide extra motivation for him to be the most focused and purposeful artist possible.

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In addition to teaching the craft, Kush also believes it is his duty to offer practical wisdom he found lacking when he was a student��򽴫ý�spending time teaching his students about how to approach a career in the arts from a business perspective��򽴫ý�to know their worth as an artist, to manage their money, to translate their skills into multiple income streams. Kush hopes that these lessons will eventually form the foundation of a course��򽴫ý�one he believes is both under-emphasized in traditional performing arts schooling, yet absolutely necessary.

��򽴫ý�We have this stereotype of the starving artist. Who said the artist had to starve?��򽴫ý�

Although he��򽴫ý�s only been at Pace for a short while, Kush��򽴫ý�s outlook on both teaching and the profession��򽴫ý�one that blends big picture thinking with meticulous attention to detail��򽴫ý�is a unique combination that has already, and will certainly continue, to inspire performing arts students for years to come.

��򽴫ý�Life is too abundant and fruitful to not be benefiting, especially as an artist��򽴫ý�and as an artist, you��򽴫ý�re responsible for a lot of that abundance and fruitfulness because you bring vicarious experiences to the masses��򽴫ý�the plumber, the doctor, the banker, the elementary school teacher. They can see their experiences, their problems, and challenges reflected through you."