Ruth Brinkley is VP of Operations for New Future Foundation, INC. a non governmental organization founded by Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, Goodwill Ambassador to Africa. As an advisor for the United Nations Department of Global Communications Youth Steering Committee, she plays an active role as a humanitarian and community activist. Brinkley has been a part of the Hip Hop community since an early age, as her father Earl “Les Dion” Brinkley was signed to Sugar Hill Records under the group “Fine Quality”. She is an active community producer at BRIC, Brooklyn’s public access station; providing original content for television over the last five years and producing the original series entitled “Heartbeat Of The Street”. Brinkley is an alum of New York Digital Film Academy and is trained as a Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Musician and Actress. She is a public speaker as well as an independent performance artist under the names “Infinite Wiz” and “Shortyreal” and has performed at venues in front of large audiences nationwide and internationally.