OLA OSIFO OSAZE

Ola Osifo Osaze (any pronoun) is a formerly undocumented trans masculine queer of Edo and Yoruba descent who was born in Nigeria and is now based in NYC. A co-founder and former director of the Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project, Ola now serves as the Lead Advisor for the Black Migrant Power Fund and is the incoming Cultivation Strategist at the Trans Justice Funding Project. Ola has amassed decades of organizing, movement building, organizational development, and resource mobilization experience within, and on behalf of, LGBTQ+ BIPOC  and migrant communities. As a funder-organizer, Ola is most invested in co-creating and sustaining movement-led funding initiatives which utilize a Black, Queer and Trans liberatory lens. Among other things, Ola is also a writer, perpetual traveler, foodie, afrobeat enthusiast and dog parent.