[2] In May 2006, Hodge graduated from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and was honored to be the student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise.

Four years later, Chinaka received USC's Annenberg Fellowship to continue her studies at its School of Cinematic Arts.

[5] Since 2005, Hodge has worked in various capacities at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, a San Francisco-based literary arts non-profit.

[9] In April 2021, Hodge had been hired as the head writer on the upcoming Marvel Studios streaming series Ironheart for Disney+.

[10] Hodge is a founding member, along with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, of a collaborative hip hop ensemble, The Getback.