I Am Chioma Oruh
“There’s a fight on my hands as a Black mother of children with disabilities. And this fight has always been a lonely journey in education.”
Parent Power.
Chioma Mary Oruh is the mother of two children with autism and has a wealth or personal and professional experience in navigating DC’s education and health systems. In her current role as Parent Support Specialist with Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE), Chioma utilizing her experience and knowledge, provides direct services and peer-to-peer emotional support to families of children with special needs and special health care needs. She is a certified instructor in Mental Health First Aid and provides training to help parents build their capacity to advocate.
What's the Big I.D.E.A.?
Family Leadership
The pillar of my institutional knowledge is rooted in the transformative journey to helping system actors become more family-centered in policies and practices. I have a passion for family-centered practices, primarily because of my own lived experiences as an black African immigrant mother raising two young sons with autism
