Who's Who
MEET OUR TEAM
Cheyenne E. Batista, Ed.D.
Founder & CEO
Facilitator & Coach
Cheyenne E. Batista, Ed.D.
Founder & CEO
Facilitator & Coach
Facilitator & Coach
Facilitator & Coach
Executive Assistant
Business Operations Manager
Accountant & Strategy Consultant
Executive Assistant
Business Operations Manager
Accountant & Strategy Consultant
MORE ABOUT OUR
FOUNDER & CEO
Dr. Cheyenne E. Batista has been teaching, leading, and driving impact in the education, nonprofit, and corporate sectors for more than 22 years. Before launching Firefly Worldwide Inc., Cheyenne served as a founding principal and school superintendent within a small network of Pre-K to 12th grade community-driven schools in East Harlem, New York.
As a life-long educator, Cheyenne has taught in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms from New York City, NY; São Paulo, Brazil; and beyond. She has also led in several program roles in corporate and nonprofit spaces.
Learn more about Cheyenne here.
Fireflies worldwide
We carefully curate the just-right team to fit the needs of your project. And then we get the work done, and well.
Firefly’s work is guided by decades of impact in education, nonprofit, and business sectors, led by a dynamic collective of strategy and facilitation experts who are committed to advancing an equitable world. The training and coaching team has collectively delivered thousands of hours of impactful learning experiences for a variety of clients including but not limited to small- and mid-sized companies, state agencies, nonprofits, school districts, schools, and executive business leaders.
Firefly also partners with a phenomenal collective of freelancers who are unique experts in program evaluation, change management, strategy, program design, and more.
Mohawk Trail Regional High School
“Working with Firefly has been invaluable as our rural, mostly white school has begun to tackle the difficult work of diversity, equity, and inclusion . . . The trainings that Firefly has done with our whole staff have given us common vocabulary and understandings to work from, and the coaching sessions with Cheyenne have helped us be confident in our work.”
Democracy Prep Public Schools
“[They] have done an amazing job getting to know me as a leader, getting to know our organization (past, present, and future aspirations), and customizing our professional development to best meet our needs.”
NYC Department of Education
“I felt like she really understood the challenges we faced and gave us tangible next steps in what often felt like an overwhelming situation.”
Impact Public Schools
“[Cheyenne] has truly influenced my leadership during a critical time period. What I love most about her style is her ability to push me while remaining compassionate. She is deeply thoughtful and all of her work is intentional. She is as invested in our organization's mission as our leadership team.”
Mohawk Trail Regional High School
“I couldn't be more encouraged by the impact this partnership has had on our school community thus far, and I'm confident that this work will lead to lasting growth and change. The strategic planning process has proved to be both ambitious in scope and pragmatic in execution. Cheyenne broke our work into pieces, helped us identify our leadership strengths, take responsibility for several connected projects, and created a system for us to hold ourselves accountable for fast-paced progress with the work.”
NYC Department of Education
“Our consultation was motivating and helped us feel like we can begin to try out suggestions for how to build trust in our office . . . Your experience in the field of equity helps provide practical solutions to challenging and thorny problems [and] narrow down our issues to areas where we felt "stuck" or unclear.”
Susan L. Taylor, Founder & Editor-In-Chief Emeritus
National CARES Mentoring Movement & Essence Magazine