Jite Lark
Founder, Unperformed
My mom loved me in the way she knew how. But somewhere along the way, I learned that love had to be earned. That I had to be more, do more, achieve more to be worthy of being liked — and not just loved, but actually liked.
So I went after degrees, took on debt, said yes before I finished deciding — trying to become enough. Then I realized I was running out of time to live my own life.
That's when I noticed the Automatic Yes.
The pattern showed up in my friendships, my roles, every decision I made around everyone else first. It lives in the body, before the mind. That's where I learned to interrupt it, and that's where I meet you.
Dr. Jite has spent over a decade conducting research in STEM education — specifically on how culturally relevant pedagogical strategies create equitable learning environments for Black and Brown students who have been historically excluded from these fields, and how representation in STEM gets created deliberately. She brings that same rigor to her coaching work.
She works with clients across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria. She speaks several languages, is an avid reader, and runs marathons across different continents as her own practice in what it looks like to move through the world for herself.
