Natishia serves as Deputy Executive Director of Black Futures Lab and its sister organization, Black 2 the Future Action Fund. She has been with the organization for 4 years as of this November, building on a career that spans over 20 years of organizing across a wide range of issues-based and electoral campaigns, including criminal justice reform, voting rights, immigration, the death penalty, racial justice, reproductive rights, and juvenile justice. Natishia leads the Black Census 2026 Campaign, continuing her work of centering Black voices and data in shaping policy and political strategy. Prior to her current role, she developed and managed the execution of multi-state field strategies as National Field Director at Black Futures Lab. She previously served as Field Director at the ACLU of Florida, where she helped lead and win one of the most important ballot initiatives of our modern-day civil rights era: Amendment 4, which restores voting rights to over 1.5 million formerly incarcerated individuals – “returning citizens” – in Florida. During her time at the ACLU, she also worked on legislation to end the direct filing of youth into the adult justice system and advanced death penalty reform efforts to mandate unanimous jury decisions in capital cases in Florida. Natishia also runs her own consulting and coaching practice, focused on leadership development at every level and organizational strategic growth that centers both the people and the work. Natishia is a proud Rattler and graduate of Florida A&M University