The 2021 Outstanding Citizen of the Year for the City of Greenbelt, Shaymar Higgs has over 10+ years of community development, government contracting, non-profit and private sector experience. Shaymar brings a breadth of knowledge to every project under his supervision. It is his desire to use his professional and artistic strengths in building and implementing effective strategies, managing and developing communities, and policy creation and enhancement. Mr. Higgs has worked as a teaching artist for over a half dozen nonprofit organizations, schools, and museums teaching mixed-media art to cooking and nutrition classes.

Currently, he also works for M-NCPPC, overseeing the Cosca Regional Skateboard Park while serving on the Arts Advisory Board for the City of Greenbelt and as an editorial board member for Greenbelt Online.