Ayanna is a proud Afro-Latina residing in the DMV area with her family where she earned her masters degree in Human Resource Management after serving 8 years in the military. Ayanna is an advocate for DEIB and mental well-being for people in the workplace.  She uses her lived experiences as an Afro-Latina, mother, and disabled veteran to breath life into her HR, DEIB, and advocacy work. She teaches organizations how to create psychologically safe workplaces that foster belonging.
Ayanna is an active Poderistas Power Squad member where she helps uplift the Latina community through civic engagement, social justice initiatives, and mental health roundtables.
Ayanna is an MTV Mental Health Youth Action Forum leader where she curates mental health campaigns to address the inequities which limit BIPOC youth from accessing mental health services. She has pitched campaigns to the Biden-Harris Administration, mental health non-profit partners, and industry leaders at the White House.
“I didn’t know I could heal myself until I learned mental health impacts millions and I’m not alone. I’m doing this for the black and brown kids who don’t know where they can go or who they can turn to.” ~ Ayanna on mental health advocacy
Ayanna truly believes in the inter connectivity of mental health, anti-racist practices, and true belonging in the workplace and in society.
In her spare time, you'll catch her at the soccer field with her first born, tending to her quarantine bought houseplants, walking her dogs, and reading as many books as possible.

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