A former NYC public school educator and program administrator for several nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, Sheria is a committed youth advocate. After teaching Special Education in an under-resourced and gang populated neighborhood in the South Bronx, she began to focus her efforts towards empowering and mentoring young women of color. Today she is the founder and Executive Director of Shaping Her Earth.
Shaping Her Earth works to empower, guide and curate safe spaces for this demographic as they enter high school and matriculate college.
SHE focuses on dismantling structural barriers in programs and practice. Our Mission is to equip young women of color with the tools to claim space, uplift their communities, grow their talents and use their voices to affect positive change in their lives and the lives of others.