Ariyana Rimson

Director of Women Emerging Leaders

Ariyana was born and raised in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2000 with a bachelor's in Athletic Training and also accepted Christ as her Lord and savior during her time at the university. She has worked in youth ministry for 10 years in various settings. Aryiana has a huge desire to build and equip young women and has been doing this through abstinence conferences she puts on in Chicago and through the leadership role she holds at Kanakuk’s Kids Across America camp Higher Ground. Ariyana oversees, guides, and develops the women in the Emerging Leaders Program.