Aisha Nyandoro

Why you should listen

With more than two decades of experience working to improve the quality of life for people with limited financial resources, Aisha Nyandoro is a leader in the campaign to end generational poverty. She is the founder and CEO of Springboard To Opportunities, a nonprofit that helps affordable housing residents reach their life goals. In 2018, Nyandoro launched the Magnolia Mother’s Trust, a first-of-its-kind guaranteed income program for single Black mothers in the United States, and she has worked to scale the program’s success nationally through policies such as the expanded Child Tax Credit and a federal guaranteed income.

Nyandoro is Emerson Collective Dial Fellow as well as a fellow of the Highland Project, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network and Ascend at the Aspen Institute. She is a 2022 McNulty Prize Winner and the 2022 Disrupter Change Champion from Community Change. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence, NBC and CNN.