Eghosa Asemota

(She/Her/Hers)

easemota (at) blackteacherproject.org

Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Black Teacher Project

A proud Nigerian-American, Eghosa Asemota, MPA, has always loved stories and has dedicated her career to telling and amplifying them. She brings this love for storytelling to her work, using her creative and tactical genius to support the visibility, reach, and impact of impact-driven organizations and community-led projects.

Before supporting the marketing and communications work of the National Equity Project’s Black Teacher Project, she spent four years with a video company specializing in nonprofit and NGO storytelling, using her passion for stories to support their work, reach, and impact. Eghosa has worked with organizations and agencies like the Uncommon Schools, the KIPP Foundation, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, the Institute for Middle Eastern Understanding (IMEU), and Freedom for Immigrants to ensure their key messages reach their target audiences in resonant, integrity-preserving ways. In 2015, she launched Define: BLACK, a video series that shares personal stories about the Black experience in America to build community and challenge narratives that sustain racial injustice that accumulated 125 stories, 25,000 followers, and over 10 million views across platforms, with features in Upworthy, the Huffington Post, SoulPancake, For Harriet, and Latina Magazine.

Eghosa holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Law from Binghamton University, an MPA in International Development from Cornell University, and certifications from the Yale School of Management and Columbia University. She is also the current Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at iThrive Games, a nonprofit that supports teen learning and mental health with play, and frequently consults with BIPOC-led organizations like the Black Future Co-op Fund, lending her expertise and experience to their work and mission.