Dr. Jasmyn Wright

Jasmyn Wright serves as CEO and founder of the Push Through Organization, a nonprofit she launched to serve as a hub for the global Push Through movement. She began her career teaching in the classroom in 2010 as a licensed elementary school teacher and has remained an educator while building and leading the organization from Wilmington, Delaware. The Push Through affirmation she developed for students went viral in 2016, leading to a Gap Kids global back-to-school campaign and translations into multiple languages with reach in over 60 countries. In her role, Wright oversees curriculum design and development while serving as a global keynote speaker and facilitator of trainings. She is also an author of the Simon and Schuster children's book I'm Going to Push Through, and a 2026 Gems Education Global Teacher Award Finalist. Wright holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Sacred Heart University focused on social emotional and academic leadership through her Push Through philosophy, which she completed following hybrid studies, and holds an undergraduate degree from Spelman College, her HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia. She offers youth programs globally and partners with organizations to expand programming internationally.