Communications Strategist + Impact Producer

Desire Vincent Levy is a communications strategist and impact producer specializing in advocacy campaigns and impact litigation. She is the executive producer and an impact producer of the James Beard Award winning film, Coldwater Kitchen, a documentary that uses culinary arts as a prism to examine some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. carceral system. Desire is an alum of the Vera Institute of Justice, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, and the ACLU of Michigan, where she held various roles in communications, educating the public on issues related to democracy and the criminal legal system. During her tenure at the ACLU of Michigan, Desire led digital strategy, creative initiatives and communications plans for litigation and legislative hearings related to the Flint Water Crisis, election protection, illegal tax foreclosure in Detroit, immigrant rights, and other civil rights issues impacting Michiganders, as well as the launch of Promote the Vote, a 2018 ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to vastly expand access to the ballot in Michigan.

Desire is a trustee at the Vera Institute of Justice and current board chair of the Detroit Food and Youth Entrepreneurship Academy where she drives board engagement to help realize Detroit Food Academy’s vision of a Detroit where youth are powerful – leading, changing, and co-creating the future of Detroit’s food system through culinary arts and food entrepreneurship. She previously served as a trustee at the Museum of Food and Drink and as a board director for The Army of Survivors.

Find me at the nexus of creativity, community and advocacy

Coldwater Kitchen Documentary

Executive Producer + Impact Producer

"Coldwater Kitchen" world premiered at the 2022 DOC NYC Festival, America's largest documentary festival, and is a 2023 James Beard Media Award winner for Best Documentary and was selected for the 2025 U.S. Department of State American Film Showcase.

Context Communications

Chief Strategist

Provide creative direction and strategy on issue based campaigns and impact litigation in an effort to advance advocacy goals. Services include creative planning, ideation and development; partnership engagement; in-person and virtual experiential strategy and production; curation; content creation; integrated and strategic communications.

Culinary Arts & Letters Literary Society

Curator + Supper Club Host

The Culinary Arts & Letters Literary Society is a supper club dedicated to celebrating the brilliance and creativity of storytellers and our collective power to build community.

Select Media

Let’s connect + build.

Are you looking to hire an impact producer or communications strategist to enhance your next film project, issue based campaign, or community initiative? Let’s chat.