Top 35 Black Education Influencers in 2026

1. Vera Ahiyya

Bio 📚your favorite librarian’s favorite librarian 👩🏾‍🏫 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thetututeacher Instagram Followers 145.9K Type Macro Gender Female thetututeacher.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact Request 479 Black Education Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Michael Bonner

Bio Teacher at @ronclarkacademy | International Keynote Speaker | Ellen DeGeneres Educator | CEO of Bonnerville ™️| ATL 40 under 40 | Philanthropist 🔋 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @michaelbonner_ Instagram Followers 78.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. LaNesha Tabb

Bio 📚 Author
✏️ K-5 writing doesn’t have to feel impossible
📋 I help teachers grow confident writers
📓5 Writing Block Issues we can fix TOMORROW↓ *****@educationwithanapron.com Instagram Handle @lanesha_tabb Instagram Followers 108.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Naomi Simone O'Brien

Bio LA to Maryland
15y Educator + Curriculum Designer
Science of Reading Coach 📓
Book me for an author visit or PD
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @readlikearockstarteaching Instagram Followers 62.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Johnathon Hines

Bio 👨🏽‍🏫:The First African American Male Pre-K Teacher Of The Year For The State of Georgia
📺CNN GMA ABC NBC TodayShow
💌Booking Mrjohnathonhines.com📥 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrjohnathonhines Instagram Followers 130.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Alfred Shivy

Bio 👨🏽‍🏫Teacher
🍎APS Board Member, Seat 7
👕@alfredslaundry
✏️1/4 @rules2engagement
🧑🏽‍🦱🕊️ @thebrycebrooksfoundation
🎥Netflix, Instant Dream House
🍑ATL 🇬🇾 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @callmeshivy Instagram Followers 140.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Deidre Denise Kelly

Bio ▫️Wife 🤍 Mom of 3 🤍 Teacher
▫️6th Grade Math
▫️Texas
▫️TikTok: the_mrskelly 1.4M *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_mrs.kelly Instagram Followers 144K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Miss Math Teacher

Bio Miss Math Teacher
teach.rap.yapp.repeat. 👩🏾‍🏫💜💛🐘
📧🤞🏾biz/collab: *****@gmail.com
subscribe to my YT channel ⬇️ Instagram Handle @mathmadeinheaven_ Instagram Followers 192.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Debrice Smith

Bio First Grade Teacher~Classroom Systems that actually work~Real Routines~ Cozy Classroom~Teacher Sanity
CEO & Founder: @teacher_to_teacher_magazine *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sparklesandsprinklesinfirst Instagram Followers 173.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Jnycole Johnson

Bio 🍎 1000% THAT TEACHER
25-26 TOTY | the cool one | second grade *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thecoolteacher.msjj Instagram Followers 219.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Mr.Jay

Bio Never Look Down on Someone , Unless You Are Helping Them Up ‼️ #iMB #CEO #HBCUGrad #LakerNation 💛💜 #Scorpio🦂 #Alabama ✈️#Atlanta 📍#RipMaDukes #iRead *****@www.elevateyourclassroom.com Instagram Handle @ur_kids_favorite_prek_teacher Instagram Followers 113.6K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Thomas J. Bussey

Bio 🦸🏾‍♂️Professional hype-man for 10 year olds on a mission to become better readers and better humans 😄
5th Grade | ELA | Gamified | Year 17 Instagram Handle @thebesteducator Instagram Followers 48.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +43% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Keri Brown

Bio 🙋🏽‍♀️ Kindergarten Teacher - National Speaker
🍏 I help kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade teachers *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @enchantedkindergarden Instagram Followers 39.5K Type Micro Gender Female enchantedkindergarden.com + Follow Get Email Contact

14. Kierra Jones Walls

Bio 🐝 life in & outside of lesson plans
📬*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @teachingbusybees Instagram Followers 97.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Nita Creekmore

Bio Love. deeply. Teach. intentionally.
Bless. generously.• Literacy leader.
Author • Presenter • Mom • Wife @bearded.school.counselor @creekmoreconvos 🩷💚 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @loveteachbless Instagram Followers 33.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Keanna Funderburk Ecker

Bio upper elementary math creator sharing time saving and fun math tips, with a dash of teacher life & style
🍎 currently teaching advanced math
🍑 Atlanta *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @theartoffunology Instagram Followers 40.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Patrice R. Jenkins

Bio Children's Book Author
Elementary Literacy + Read Aloud Resources
My Debut Picture Book A Place for Me Out Now!
See You In the Next Chapter *****@talesofpattypepper.com Instagram Handle @talesofpattypepper Instagram Followers 13K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Miss Forbes

Bio 👩🏽‍🏫History•Teaching•ATL
🌏Empowering educators to teach truth through Black History & Racial Literacy
🌱Blooming @freedom_grounds.co
Get Planted 👇🏾 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @socialstudiesscholar Instagram Followers 6.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +32% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Tanesha B. Forman

Bio 🍎Former Middle School Principal
⚖️High Expectations x Deep Care
✊🏾LOVING life *****@taneshabforman.com Instagram Handle @love.tanesha Instagram Followers 19.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female taneshabforman.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

20. Danall Wilmer

Bio 📍atl | @cau1988 alum • aφa • dr loading…
educator | @woodwardacademy
mentor + founder | @boysinthegood
4x author | #theunbreakablebook out NOW! Instagram Handle @danalltyrell Instagram Followers 7.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Tamara Russell

Bio 📚4th Grade Teacher
💻EduBlogger
📍Florida
✊🏾Unionist
💡Prentiss-Charney Fellow
📚NEA LJS:Baltimore *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrsrussellsroom Instagram Followers 31.2K Type Micro Gender Female tamaravrussell.com + Follow Get Email Contact

22. Mr Akin

Bio Edu. Leadership🌎Transforming learning with STEAM, Edtech and Creativity👨‍💻Trainer🎖️Award Winning and Edu. Influencer
@itoodeyread📚 @akinisoutside *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @pedagogyandme Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Greg Coleman

Bio Helping elementary teachers spend more time teaching math and less time planning it!
🧮Creates high quality & fun math resources
📌Check it out! 👇🏽 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrelementarymath Instagram Followers 25.3K Type Micro Gender Male mrelementarymath.com/blogpage + Follow Get Email Contact

24. Vennieta Grant

Bio 📍California
🍎Year 24
📖 8th/ELA
✊🏾Social Justice Educator
💻 Curriculum Writer
👩🏾‍🏫 Lead @ CSUDH’s TSI
🤔Views & opinions= my own
💸 Venmo= vennietagrant Instagram Handle @loveteachrepeat Instagram Followers 12.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Zahra Hassan

Bio Toronto🇨🇦
Where teaching meets fashion ✨
come for the fits, stay for the vibes
Collab/pr: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @misswondrousoul Instagram Followers 294K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Victoria Dominique

Bio Teacher | Single Mom | Lifestyle
Rebuilding and Rebranding in real time.
Join the journey. 🤍
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @miss.educate.ed Instagram Followers 88.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Patrick Smith

Bio 📍Japan 🇯🇵
Believer ✝️ Teacher 👨🏾‍🏫
TikTok: thepaperpat (1.5M)
Business inquiries: *****@gmail.com
Gaza Relief ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Instagram Handle @the.paper.pat Instagram Followers 261K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. Jas

Bio ✍🏽 Ph.D. Candidate
🔎 psychology of online behaviors, online dating & theory 😃
📌 Sharing all things grad school + fitness *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jasthephdstudent Instagram Followers 13.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Jamilah Hud Kirk

Bio Best Selling Author! 🍊CCPS Executive Director of Academics,Educational Consultant, mom, wife and promoter of #LeadwithBalance™️ #educationalleadership Instagram Handle @principalcaptainkirk Instagram Followers 2.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Morgan Taylor Dickerson

Bio 📍A T L A N T A
Mama | Teacher | YouTuber | Gym Enthusiast |
Let all that you do be done in love | 1 Corinthians 16:14
💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beautifulmorgan Instagram Followers 79.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Van Phillips Jr

Bio •FASHION | FITNESS | FAMILY
•ASST. PRINCIPAL | @minormiddle
⬇️E-BOOK SUBSCRIPTION ⬇️ *****@whatmyteacherwears.com Instagram Handle @whatmyteacherwears Instagram Followers 133.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Deonna Smith

Bio Educator|Activist👩🏽‍🏫🗣
Building a tribe of educators for justice
Follow for Edu-tainment
Opinions are my own ✊🏾
Join the fight|Support the work *****@deonnasmithconsulting.com Instagram Handle @deonnaoffduty Instagram Followers 6.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Black English Teacher

Bio Inglês Afro Centrado. África, America e Brasil. Instagram Handle @black.teacher.br Instagram Followers 8.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Alyssa Gray Tyghter

Bio ⟡Learn: @herstoricallyspeaking.ca @thesystemishuman
⟡PhD(c) | Storyteller | Book Lover
⟡Wife & Mama Bear
⟡Treaty 19📍
⟡Black/English/Indigen-ish *****@alyssagtyghter.com Instagram Handle @alyssagtyghter Instagram Followers 19.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Christena Cleveland

Bio ✨Founder @blackmadonnafreedomschool
✨Author of God Is a Black Woman + The Black Madonna
✨FREE Black Madonna resources 👇🏾👇🏾 Instagram Handle @christenacleveland Instagram Followers 26.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact