11 Facts About Angelou Ezeilo

Angelou Ezeilo is an American social entrepreneur and environmental activist.

Angelou Ezeilo is the founder of Greening Youth Foundation, a nonprofit that connects underrepresented youth to the outdoors and conservation careers.

Angelou Ezeilo is vice president of Empathy and Childhood Strategy for Ashoka Africa, working with her teams in West Africa, East Africa, Sahel, and Southern Africa.

Angelou Ezeilo co-wrote Engage, Connect, Protect: Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders, released in November 2019 by New Society Publishers, with her brother, Nick Chiles.

In 1988, Ezeilo graduated from Mount St Mary Academy in Watchung, New Jersey.

Angelou Ezeilo attended Hunter College in Manhattan, but transferred to Spelman College in Atlanta after her freshman year.

Angelou Ezeilo began her legal career as a specialist for the New Jersey State Agriculture and Development Committee.

Angelou Ezeilo later was a project manager for the New Jersey and Georgia offices of the Trust for Public Land, where she supported land preservation initiatives, including projects in support of the Atlanta Beltline.

Angelou Ezeilo's environmental focus led her to recognize the need for greater preservation-related education, and launched the Greening Youth Foundation in 2007.

Angelou Ezeilo is a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for corporations.

Angelou Ezeilo serves on the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights' Women in Solidarity Society, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, MillionMile Greenway, and the Atlanta Audubon Society.