[9][10] She also established Choose Healthy Life, a network of churches dedicated to providing coronavirus testing and administering vaccines.

[12] Wright attended the George School in Pennsylvania[13] before enrolling at Columbia University, where she was a member of the varsity track and field team.

She also worked in private equity firms and served as general counsel for Crave Technologies, a minority-owned software startup.

[5] She served[22] as the First Deputy Mayor of New York City but resigned amid investigations into the Eric Adams administration.

[7][8] During Wright's detention, her family reportedly contacted influential New Yorkers, including Reverend Calvin O. Butts, who reached out to Phillip Banks III, then NYPD Chief (later resigned while under investigation), and his brother, David C. Banks, Wright's current partner.

[26][27] Wright's current partner, David C. Banks, serves as the New York City Schools Chancellor in the Adams administration.