Ama Acquah
EmergeNYC Flagship (2025)
Ama (she/her) is a dedicated educator, doula, healer, and lifelong learner with a passion for art and social justice. She is a third-generation educator with a graduate degree in education and has experience teaching English in China and working with adult English language learners from immigrant communities in California and New York. She is a global citizen, having lived on 3 continents, and has experience working at all 3 levels of government: federal, state, and now local.
Ama also has a background in art starting from early childhood and took various art classes while working at the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a risk-taker who values personal and professional development, and she recently participated in the Acosta’s Institute Healing-Centered Certificate program, which was a transformative and life-giving experience and community.
Ama is motivated to foster community and be part of a network of socially conscious artists. She believes in creating environments for collective care and healing and wants to advance her knowledge and abilities in this area. She wants to strengthen her artistic and creative voice and share her skills more broadly as part of creating poly-opportunities in these times of polycrisis.