05/11/2026
Whether behind the camera taking photos and video, creating social media posts, sending email blasts, or making website updates, Darius Stephens keeps busy as the Community Foundation’s Digital Communications Coordinator!
Originally from Syracuse, Darius first moved to Western New York when he attended Buff State. After heading to Miami to attend grad school, he returned to Buffalo in 2025. “I feel like I really started my creativity journey here and wanted to get back to that,” Darius said. “Many of my lifelong friends are here and I love the food, the atmosphere and the community of Western New York.”
Since joining the Community Foundation team last year, Darius has enjoyed coming to work every day and working on his passion of connecting, creating and telling stories through visual content. Some of the highlights so far have been taking photos at events and getting to meet so many people along the way and putting together a video overview of the Reentry Opportunity Center.
He lives by the mantra, “Proper planning prevents poor performance,” and applies this to both work and life.
Outside of work, Darius is always creating. That might mean alone with his thoughts and a laptop at Spot Coffee or at the studio recording music & modeling (yes, he is also a rapper!). He is also very immersed in the film world where he loves to direct and write movies.
Darius can often be found with his ear buds in, likely listening to hip hop, R&B or Lofi, or to his favorite musicians Lil Wayne or Soulja Boy. And if he’s in front of the TV, he’s hoping “Interstellar” or “Bernie Mac” is on.
Darius also likes to travel which many years ago led him to seeing Michael Jackson in Hollywood.
Do you struggle with untying knots or finding things? Darius doesn’t and lists these among his hidden talents.
Learn more about Darius and the entire Community Foundation team at https://www.cfgb.org/about/team/ and be sure to follow all of the Community Foundation’s social media pages to check out some of what he works on!
