About

Nesima is a writer, communications strategist, and community builder. She is the VP of Digital and Content at Change Consulting, where she leads a team of communications specialists in executing high-impact content for nonprofits, philanthropy, and movements dedicated to racial and social justice. She is particularly interested in ethical media systems, social entrepreneurship, digital and in person community building, arts and culture, spiritual innovation, refugee and migrant affairs, education, and girls and women’s empowerment.

A creative writer at heart, Nesima is an alum of the VONA Voices Writing Workshop in 2015, THREAD workshop at Yale in 2017, Catapult’s Writing for YA class in 2018, The Power of Diverse Voices: Poynter Minority Writers Workshop in 2018 and Collegeville Institute’s About Me, About You workshop in 2023.

Nesima is a proud daughter of Eritrean immigrants and active in the Eritrean Muslim community. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and son.

See her full résumé here.

Homepage illustration credit: Jahanara Hoque.