Weayonnoh joined the Economic Progress Institute as executive director in January 2022.  Before joining EPI, Weayonnoh worked as a legal aid attorney at South Coastal Counties Legal Services and then Community Legal Aid.
Weayonnoh is a member of Leadership Rhode Island Upsilon II Class of 2024. She is an alumna of the Rhode Island Foundation’s inaugural Equity Leadership Initiative, the Institute of Nonprofit Practice’s inaugural Black Leadership Institute, Leadership Worcester, the Shriver Center’s Racial Justice Institute, and City Year Rhode Island. She received her Juris Doctorate from Roger Williams University School of Law and undergraduate from Rhode Island College.