Press — Buoyant Living

IEKHS Commencement Address-

19 -May 2022

Nisha was given the honor to keynote IEKHS’s 2022 commencement. As a graduate of Kean herself, Nisha detailed the uncertainty she experienced at the time of her graduation 20 years earlier. She inspired the students to discover themselves in the world, seizing all opportunities to learn and grow. Students were encouraged to course correct when necessary. A late bloomer herself, Nisha told students to exercise patience and grace as they chart their course. “Go where you are pulled, and after all the adventuring, setbacks and detours you will realize your passion, and God’s purpose over your life”.

SENATE BANS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

October 25-
There is no evidence that these “ritualistic forms of physical discipline of children existed prior to the Atlantic slave trade. Instead, the opposite is true. West African societies held children in a much higher regard than slave societies, a notable difference in how black bodies in the West are treated to this day.”

stories from love city

-June 26 2020

“There’s a critical threshold,” she told me, “For someone who is suffering with depression or addiction….there’s a window of time when that person says ‘YES.’”

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The Virgin Islands Daily News, June 2020

Bring it Home

-June 4 2020

“Buoyant living has always been a brainchild of mine. I am incredibly happy to be back on this soil. In fact, I could hardly wait to get back and give back to my community. Little did I know— I would be so warmly received by my fellow islanders.”