Joy Okoro is the Executive Vice President of Field Impact & Integration at Teach For America. Joy leads Teach For America’s 45 regional teams and the executive leadership body, who are charged with ensuring our network of 5,000+ corps members (teachers), 60,000+ alumni and 1000+ staff members deliver on our promise to partner to end educational inequity and expand educational opportunities for all students -- particularly Black students,  Indigenous students, students of color and students living in poverty.

Joy earned her Bachelor of Science from the Fox School of Business at Temple University in 2008 and that same year became a math teacher and Teach For America corps member in Greater New Orleans. Since then, Joy has been leading in talent, strategy, executive management and nonprofit leadership. Joy was born and raised in Queens, New York and now lives in the city of New Orleans. As a first generation American, Joy credits her Nigerian father and West Indian mother, who came to the United States to advance their education, for her unwavering belief that a quality education is the key to unlock all possibility.