About Sheila Scott-Wilkinson

Sheila is the Founder, Executive Director and Artistic Director of Theatre of Hearts, where she has overseen day-to-day operations since 1987. Prior to her work with TOHYF, Sheila studied and worked in Europe, where she became an acclaimed actress on the stage and screen.  In response to the severe civil unrest in Los Angeles in 1992, she established the Youth First Artist-In-Residence Program to prevent and intervene in youth violence. Sheila received a Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles, a State of California Resolution and was awarded a Fellowship by the Eureka Foundation. She is a three-year recipient of a California Arts Council Artist-in-Residence individual grant to teach theater at the William Grant Still’s Arts Center for youth ages nine to 16. Sheila has participated in the initial Steering Committee of LACOE for Arts for All, the Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education with the Los Angeles County Office of Education Community Arts Team. Sheila was invited to participate in the Los Angeles Arts Commission Arts Leadership Initiative, the Executive Learning Group.