Jacinta Agbarachi Opara (born 2 February 1976) is a Nigerian Professor of Environmental Health, Ecology and Biodiversity and the 2nd substantive Vice Chancellor of the Dominican University Ibadan.

[3] Jacinta started as a biology teacher during her National Youth Service at College of the Immaculate Conception, Enugu in 1997.

[4] She currently serves as the Chairman, Governing Council of the Institute of Policy Management Development.

[2] She was promoted to full professor at Kampala International University, Uganda in 2016 where she lectured under the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences.

[6] On March 7, 2024, she was appointed as the second substantive and first female Vice Chancellor of the Dominican University Ibadan by the University's Governing Council through its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN).