Wisdom Team

Aya Shabu
Guardian of Flow
Aya leads our work to celebrate our cultural strengths and beauty. Her work focuses on preparing Black parents to shape programming, art, and events to create Black Genius classrooms in non-traditional education spaces. She designs amazing activities to shift minds and senses when a change in approach is necessary. Oh, and she's a professional performing artist.

Nashay Jones
Process Drum Major
Nashay builds and leads the VOW's operation team. She keeps the conversation going with parents on line, in the comments section and in person. Nadiah a parent of two is passionate about parent advocacy and connection. She's got her eyes and ears wide open looking for the next group of parents who want to become apart of the village!

Lashika Hester
Process Master
Lashika makes the operations magic happen at VOW. She makes sure all our stuff, tech, data, and info has a place. She gets excited about making sure everybody on the team has all that they need to fully leverage their genius. Lashika is a proud North Carolinian, dog mom, and former educator.

Nadiah Porter
Parent Amplifier
Nadiah builds community with VOW parents new & old. She keeps the conversation going with parents on line, in the comments section and in person. Nadiah a parent of two is passionate about parent advocacy and connection. She's got her eyes and ears wide open looking for the next group of parents who want to become apart of the village!

Beth Leigh
Village Miner
Beth leads the VOW's fundraising and stewardship efforts. She enthusiastically develops and strengthens partnerships with VOW’s Team Members, Board members, and Donors. Personally, Beth is passionate about healing and advocacy; engaging via the arts. When she isn’t painting, she is gardening with her dog. She looks forward to pollinating, pruning and blooming with VOW!