Te’Yah Wright is the Program Manager for the Yale Conservation Scholars – Early Leadership Initiative at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE). She earned her Master of Environmental Management from YSE, specializing in environmental policy, local and regional planning, and community engagement. With experience across government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sectors, she has collaborated with a range of organizations to address critical environmental and social issues. Notably, she partnered with the City of New Haven to present anti-gentrification and displacement strategies. Additionally, she has worked with WE ACT for Environmental Justice to develop and lead COP27 youth programming for the inaugural Climate Justice Pavilion. Te’Yah also holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, with a concentration in environmental ecology and biology, from Alcorn State University. She is an alumna of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Michigan and the Environmental Fellows Program.
Collaborate with residents, advocates, and policymakers driving justice.
Since 2011, CEEJH has partnered with frontline and fenceline communities to address environmental, climate, and energy injustices through grassroots action and policy co-creation. We center those most impacted by harm to lead action and social change.
