 Massey is also the artist and creator of Portraits of Hope (POH), a non-profit specializing in large-scale, public-art projects that revitalize under-served areas.Copyrighted designs have covered lifeguard stations, New York City taxi cabs, and air traffic control towers, among others.Massey graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1987) and Columbia University (M.F.A., 1990).