Rita Ezenwa-Okoro - Brand Ambassador - Marketing Communications and Youth Development

Rita Ezenwa-Okoro - Brand Ambassador - Marketing Communications and Youth Development

Rita Ezenwa-Okoro is a Creative Culturist, Performance Activist and Communications Expert with over 16 years of experience. She’s the Founder of Street Project Foundation, ROC Strategic Communications, Black Soup Media and Ideas Cache. With the support of development partners such as the United States Consulate, OXFAM, World Connect,  Global Play Brigade and Lagos State Government, Rita has directly empowered over two thousand youths and counting, using Creative and Performing Arts tools to facilitate youth enterprise development, internship and mentorship opportunities including, social justice advocacy and mental health wellness. These have been achieved through projects like the Creative Youth Boot Camp, Digital Amazons, Street University, Talent Hub and Youth Psycho-social Support Initiatives, which have helped to deepen the impact of youth development in Nigeria.

Rita is a Mandela Washington Fellow, Global Fellow of the International Society of the Performing Arts (ISPA), recipient of the Lagos State Award of Excellence in Youth and Social Development, Lagos State Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship Development, NELIS Next Generation Leaders Award and the Champion of Change Award. Rita has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. A Master’s degree in media and Communications from the School of Media and Communications, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria, a Certificate in Civic Leadership from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and a graduate of the International Class on Social Therapeutics from East Side Institute, New York,  USA.

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