Yejide Ankobia is a highly skilled and experienced Restorative Justice (RJ) practitioner, trainer, and consultant. Since 2006, she has designed, developed, coordinated, and implemented Restorative Justice Programs and Practices in schools and school districts, community organizations, prisons, and workplace settings.

Ms. Ankobia has collaborated with district attorneys in both San Francisco and Alameda counties to establish victim-centered, accountability programs for justice-impacted youth and young adults. As a recognized leader in RJ, Ms. Ankobia established a train-the-trainer restorative model for incarcerated individuals in the Solano State Prison and developed the inaugural restorative reentry program at the Reentry Success Center in Richmond, CA, for justice-impacted men and women in Contra Costa County.

​Before her work in the legal justice system, Ms. Ankobia held the position of Dean at Castlemont High School in Oakland, CA, developing a restorative and accountability focused approach to discipline in order to address the disproportionate number of youth impacted by the juvenile legal system. While at Castlemont, Ms. Ankobia joined a skilled team of RJ specialists tasked with training school staff district-wide for the Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) three-tiered model of Whole-School Restorative Justice.

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In addition, Ms. Ankobia has sat on a number of Boards and Task Forces, including the Alameda County Title IX Collaborative Working Group focusing on girls enrolled in OUSD schools.

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Ms. Ankobia currently holds the position of Assistant Principal at a Catholic High School in Oakland, CA.

A proud San Francisco native, Ms. Ankobia has a journalism degree from San Francisco State University. She studied law for two years at the John F. Kennedy School of Law after attending an RJ training in 2006. It was at this training that Ms. Ankobia became captivated by the way Restorative Justice elevated victim voices in the justice system, as well as offender accountability.

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A certified Conflict Mediator, and yoga instructor, Yejide is a charter member of the Peer Advocates Training and Consulting team. In her free time, Ms. Ankobia writes, and enjoys time with family and her Doberman Pinscher, Adofo.