Sherrita Wilkins

Sherrita Wilkins is the founder and CEO of Journey Bound Collaborative, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to storytelling for the unseen — specifically youth and families impacted by systems of incarceration. A Rochester, New York, native and former collegiate tennis player, she is a multi-dimensional playwright and justice advocate who still brings her competitive drive to the court. Since 2012, she has been a vibrant force in DC’s arts scene, serving as a trusted collaboration architect, theater critic, and scriptwriter for immersive VR experiences with nearly a dozen projects shared globally. Multilingual in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, she is a certified paralegal, notary public, and international development strategist specializing in building community partnerships between the U.S. and Latin America. As an enterprise operations leader, she leverages a decade of expertise recruiting and developing high-performing teams across the tech, education, and nonprofit sectors to lead systemic change.