Olesha Haskett is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, founder, international photographer, and published author.She has over a decade of experience in leadership, education, curriculum construction, and community building.

In 2019 she founded The Coterie Noir, an inclusive educational boudoir community that fundamentally changes how the broader boudoir photography community captures Black womxn’s essence. In 2023 she created and launched The Coterie Credential Program (CCP) to certify boudoir photographers in capturing Black women as they are without bias. The modules include Black feminism, hair, makeup, colorism, intersectionality in body positivity, ethical considerations in retouching, and allyship.