Ikisha Cross is the Assistant Director of EOC in Tarrant County and previously served as one of the College Access Advisors for the Educational Opportunity Center in Jonhson County. Originally from Washington, D.C., Ikisha attended Saint Augustine’s College and earned her Associate degree in Business Administration and Management and her Bachelor of Applied Science in Biblical Studies. Ikisha recently received her Bachelors in Business Administration Minoring in Human Resource Management from Tarleton State University.

Ikisha was raised in a single-parent household where she witnessed firsthand the effects education can have on a person’s financial and emotional well-being. Ikisha saw her mother transform her life through education as she went from being a public assistance recipient to becoming a scholar with four degrees.