About Mr. Puzzles

Kevin Ikim Dunn, the Founder and CEO of Puzzles For Us^®, is a former Database Programmer and after-school youth counselor who developed the Puzzles For Us^® series partly out of a desire to help his children learn more about their history, and partly because he recognized the urgent need for culturally relevant resources that reflected the lives of Black people in a positive way.

A talented researcher, writer and organizer with an engaging communication style, Kevin Ikim Dunn -- known affectionately as "Mr. Puzzles" -- channels his lifelong passion of the Arts and for African American history into the driving force that is responsible for the growing popularity and success of Puzzles For Us^®.

He has been featured on a number of radio and cable television shows, including the Steve Harvey Morning Show on WBLS FM radio, and articles about him have appeared in the New York Daily News, Bronx Magazine, Harlem News, Our Time Press, and the New York Amsterdam News.

In 2013, Kevin was commissioned by the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture to create a series of custom crossword and word search puzzles commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation which was published in their education journal and distributed to public school students throughout the New York City area.

Kevin has also created custom puzzles for the Apollo Theater, The National Council of Negro Women, Harlem Opera Theater, and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Racial Justice Department. His latest projects are an activity puzzle book on financial literacy and a jigsaw puzzle highlighting African American pioneers in the technology field.

For more information about Mr. Puzzles and his exciting Puzzles For Us^® series, and to stay up to date will all the latest happenings, follow him on social media (Facebook, X and Instagram), and be sure to check out his weekly blog.