Shalanda Morris

Shalanda is a graduate of TW Josey, Spelman College and Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has worked as an educator in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching program, where she taught English language to Japanese middle and high school students. During four years as an instructor in Japan, she worked as an English language instructor for the U.S Navy and Isuzu, training Japanese tradesmen and engineers. After returning to United States, she taught ELA in Richmond County School System before attending Harvard Graduate School of Education. Post Harvard, she served as an assistant principal in Gary, Indiana and Chicago and an as assistant professor of practice in New Orleans at Relay Graduate School of Education.

Currently, she works at Universal Plumbing, as Administrative Manager. She manages marketing, education and community engagement. One of her passions is to expose youth to opportunities in the skilled trades. She serves on the advisory council of the Marion Barnes Skilled Trades Center, located at Josey High School, and the Workforce Education Advisory Council at the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce. She is Executive Administrator at Chosen Church and a member of Leadership Augusta class of 2020 and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.