About

Through strategy, gatherings, and storytelling, Nesima helps amplify people and projects making the world a better place.

She is currently a VP of Communications at Change Consulting, where she designs and executes narratives, events, and content for nonprofits, philanthropy, and movement groups dedicated to racial and social justice. Prior to that, she worked in audience engagement at The Atlantic and the Center for Public Integrity. What connects her diverse experiences is a fundamental passion for creating intentional spaces and shaping ideas that spark change.

She is particularly interested in social entrepreneurship, 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 across North America. She currently lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and son.

See her full résumé here.