Jaael Cudjoe, Training Manager
Pronoun: She/Her
“Look in the mirror and love what you see or stand there until you do.”
Jaael Cudjoe, Training Manager, grew up between Brooklyn and Trinidad. Raised by strong Black women, Jaael believes in the power of committed and organized people.
Jaael studied Africana Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She found herself extremely interested in the impacts of colonization on the African Diaspora and the importance of self-care and self-reflection to heal from the generational traumas inflicted on people of African Descent.
Jaael has experience working with direct service non-profit organizations, large corporations, and small start-ups. Her path to CNHJH began with her involvement in the Prison Moratorium Project while she was still in high school. Jaael quickly saw the power and importance of community organizing to changing the material conditions of people of color and stayed connected to the Center through the years. In 2019, she returned to join as full-time staff, leading the design and execution of the Center's training programs.