Kenidra R. Woods is an American teenager known for her activism and advocacy for mental health as well as Gun violence in the United States. She is the author of a memoir called, A Heart of Hope, in which she shares her experiences of self-harm and self-doubt, along with other issues she has worked hard to overcome after experiencing an abusive childhood.

She is also the creator of, "Hope for Humanity," an event to connect students of different races and backgrounds and empower them to be better included and represented in the fight to end the epidemic of gun violence.

Woods was born and raised in the state of Missouri for most of her life. She is a native of St. Louis, a city in which she continues to live. She has four siblings and a twin sister.

At the age of 13 years old, she was inspired by the Ferguson protests, and recently, the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The two modern events, about a couple of years apart, have served as eye-opening occurrences that has since shaped her activism.

She is currently a student at Riverview Gardens High School in her home town of St. Louis.

She is currently a junior and an individual who has created an impact online through her work in mental health, which many of her fellow peers, students, and friends support.

At the tender age of 7 years old, Kenidra became the victim of sexually abuse by the men in her family.

The abuse were perpetrated by her stepfather and a family friend.

As Woods says in her words about the abuse:

The abuse went on for about two years.

She began to deal with dark thoughts and depression for years due to the experience.

By the time that she was 12 years old, she began experimenting with unhealthy ways of coping with her dark feelings like that of loneliness, numbness, and the feeling of wanting to feel human again.

She began to self-harm and punching herself.

She often whipped herself with belts; she stuck thumb tacks on her skin; and would bang her head against objects.

She eventually attempted suicide.

She eventually began to get help from her mother, counselors, and therapists.

Through this process of rehabilitation she started a blog and organization called the C.H.E.E.T.A.H. movement.

** Some time in June of 2017, Kenidra published her memoir called, Heart of Hope, which detail some of the experiences she went through as a victim of sexual abuse and depression. She shares the ways in which her hope in life and for herself was restored.

During the traumatic experience of sexual abuse, Woods created an movement called CHEETAH, as a way to help other victims of sexual abuse and mental instability.

C.H.E.E.T.A.H. stands for:

confidence, harmony, enlightenment, encouragement, tranquility, awareness, and hope.

The movement intends to help in the prevention of suicide, and to instill confidence.

After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting became national news story and tragedy, Woods quickly found ways to stand in solidarity with the victims of the high school shooting. In February of 2018, she organized a walkout at her high school which became a topic of controversy as the school's administrators tried exclude them from returning to school.

She then marched in Washington DC at the March for Our Lives rally. During the march, she met Emma González, one of the survivors of Parkland. The two have since become colleagues.

On April 20th, 2018, she took part in the National School Walkout.

Shortly after the march and meeting with Emma Gonzalez, she started the Hope for Humanity Project.

Woods is heavily active on Twitter as an individual who ousts racists who have gone viral in the United States. Some of the racists she has shared and ousted include: Tommy Roach and Heather A. Wick. She has stood up for victims of racism such as Esteban Guzman.