Anashay Wright is a mother, national award-winning educator, speaker and a true disruptive leader. She is the founder & Chief Disruptor of Disruptive Partners, a Black-female led social Impact firm. She brings nearly two decades of experience in the K12 sector in various leadership roles for national organizations like TNTP, Leading Educators and the Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes Foundation. However, her roles as wife, activist and mother to two joyful, peaceful & powerful Black children fuels her work in Black communities and schools. Anashay is unapologetically committed to elevating the Collective brilliance of Black communities, starting with her own Metro Atlanta community.
She has also served as an adjunct professor, education advisor to elected officials, founding board & advisory member for organizations like Relay Graduate school and Compass Rose Academy (a BES charter school) in Texas & Georgia. She is also a certified Power & Influence executive coach and system-level strategist.
Anashay’s work has resulted in national recognition from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC founded by Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.),.,NPR, The 74million,Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, Good Day Atlanta, and numerous media outlets. Anashay leads with the promise of every child and elevates the role of education’s true shareholders: students, parents & families as featured in this recent article from the Atlanta Journal & Constitution (AJC).
While her experiences within the non-profit, political, and education spaces run deep and wide, what remains consistent is her deep love and passion for her own DeKalb County, GA community and elevating the collective brilliance, peace and power of students and families in predominantly Black, Brown and economically diverse communities and schools. Anashay leads with the promise of every child and elevates the role of the most critical disruptors: students, parents and families.