Delrisha White is a dynamic social impact leader who confronts educational inequity, racial, and socioeconomic injustice through education and storytelling.
Her life’s work is a culmination of her experience growing up in a family impacted by poverty, as well as the criminal justice and child welfare systems.
Leveraging her multimedia platforms, Delrisha uses storytelling to facilitate critical conversations that promote healing, as well as personal and community growth.
“[Delrisha is] a powerful, intellectual, moral and spiritual force for good.”
Delrisha has consulted and worked with a range of national and local organizations. She leads keynotes and workshops for diverse audiences in higher education and the private sector including HBCUs, Ivy League institutions, and large public research universities. Her work is published domestically and internationally and can be found in publications at Harvard University, New York University, The Huffington Post, and Bennett College’s award-winning Belle Magazine. Her work has been featured on local and national media including UNCF, Black BET, CSPAN, and NBC.
Delrisha holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies with a minor in Global Studies from Bennett College in Greensboro, NC. In 2019, she earned her master’s in Education Policy & Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was awarded the Intellectual Contribution award.
