Jane Ama Mantey

Director of Narrative Strategy & Capacity-Building

Jane Ama Mantey (she/they) is the Director of Narrative Strategy & Capacity-Building at the BLIS Collective. She is a writer, a cultural critic, an organizer and educator, who bridges movements, art, culture, and media to realize radical visions of a future where we have won and are thriving. A biomedical scientist turned narrative and cultural strategist, Jane is a first-generation, queer Ghanaian-American born to working-class immigrant parents. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of Maryland Eastern Shore and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Meharry Medical College. And, she is a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Jane was most recently the Director of Narrative and Cultural Strategies at Race Forward. She lives with her family on the lands of the Piscataway, also known as Prince George’s County, MD.