Nia Evans is an organizer and policy strategist with a background in youth, gender and racial justice. As a campaign manager at the National Women’s Law Center, she managed national and state-based efforts to eradicate race and gender discrimination in K-12 schools.

Nia is the leading researcher and co-author of "Dress Coded: Black Girls, Bodies, and Bias in DC Schools," which highlights the harmful effects of dress codes on girls’ education. Her research on Black girls and school discipline has been featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Vox and elsewhere, including the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and Senator Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential education platform.

Nia received a bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University and her master's in education policy and management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.