Welcome to The Playground
Makala Aayana (b. 1998, Atlanta, Georgia) is a Caribbean-American artist, engineer, and wellness facilitator based in New York City. Her multidisciplinary practice spans photography, collage, painting, and writing. Her work explores memory, tracing the threads that bring us back into relationship with ourselves.
She is the curator of A Concept: You, a wellness podcast grounded in the belief that knowing where and who you come from deepens our understanding of who we are becoming. Through Substack posts, podcast episodes, and wellness workshops, she uses creativity as a tool for reflection and self-connection.
Her work supports well-being, belonging, and collective care, inviting audiences into quiet, thoughtful encounters. She is most at home in spaces that nurture storytelling, communal wisdom, and the ongoing practice of discovering and rediscovering ourselves.