Sharai Edwards-Martinez

Sharai Edwards-Martinez is a Program Director at Directions For Our Youth where she leads programs at P.S. 72. Sharai’s leadership focuses on the core STEM, literacy and physical fitness curriculum, but also teaches self-acceptance, as well as self-love to participants and staff. She emphasizes encouraging all to strive to be a better self and believes that can make a difference in the world.

Sharai is a singer, dancer, and actress from the Bronx, N.Y. She believes that sharing what she loves with the DFOY participants makes work an equally rewarding experience for her, as well as program participants. Through incorporating her passion for the arts into program leadership, Sharai has successfully produced large scale musical productions such as “Beauty and The Beast,” “The Lion King,” “The Greatest Showman” and “Toy Story.” During her tenure at P.S. 72, she has increased parent and community engagement, and is a resource for DFOY participants and families to help each student reach their potential.