Atoyia Deans serves as the Coalitions Manager on the Coalitions and Community Engagement team at the DNC. She works to support Disability, Seniors, Ethnic and Black coalition engagement. Previously she served as Special Assistant to the Political and Organizing Director. Atoyia has also worked as a photojournalist at one of the nation’s largest news publications, the Tampa Bay Times. She is a graduate of Howard University and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.