Asia Lyons, Ed.D., is the founder and lead designer of Liberated Educators Lab LLC (formerly Lyons Educational Consulting), where her work centers on research-driven practices, wellness, and archival justice that strengthen the sustainability and well-being of Black educators. She brings nearly 20 years of hands-on and academic experience as a former K–12 educator in the Denver Metro Area and as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education and Human Development. She earned her doctorate in Leadership for Educational Equity, where she examined the profound effects of racism-related stress and racial battle fatigue on Black educators and their families.

Dr. Lyons collaborates with national research institutes and universities to explore the intersections of racial battle fatigue, educator wellness, and systemic change. As a consultant and speaker, she shares strategies and insights to help Black educators and their families recover from racial battle fatigue. She supports institutions in creating environments that retain and uplift their Black staff. She has presented at SXSW EDU, Harvard Graduate School of Education, the National Education Association’s Conference on Racial and Social Justice, and the National Board of Certified Counselors Symposium.

She co-founded the Black Educator Wellness Cohort, which offers free monthly wellness sessions for Black women and non-binary educators in the Greater Denver Area. She also co-founded Black Teacher Recess, an initiative that creates joyful spaces for Black educators to gather, heal, and thrive. Dr. Lyons is also the host and producer of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators. Finally, Dr. Lyons is the host and producer of The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators. This award-winning podcast highlights stories of former Black educators and explores why they left the profession. Through the podcast, she aims to inform school districts, teachers' unions, families, and others about how to better support and retain Black professionals in education.  The podcast is the first to be archived as a collection at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.