She grew up in Maryland in the DC Metro Area for most of her life, with a brief 3-year stint in Tuscaloosa, AL. Nailah has always loved working with students and teaching them the skills they need to succeed. Through the Peace by PEACE program, she taught weekly non-violent conflict resolution classes to sixth graders at John Martinez Middle School. As the Education intern at the global non-profit Youth Service America, she created educational resources designed to teach youth how to create their own service projects and led a workshop on these tools for visiting international students. Through Yale's Reach Out Program, Nailah traveled to Jamaica with a group of fellow students to lead community-center workshops for teenagers on health, domestic abuse, economic development and leadership skills. Nailah knows how important education has been in her life, in not only providing her with opportunities to explore the world and think deeply, but also by providing her life-long mentors. Some of the educators that first inspired her were from a performing arts camp called Acting Manitou that she attended for four summers as a camper. Nailah is also an aspiring director and storyteller, and works part time at a start-up called Harry's.

Nailah graduated from Yale University with a degree in American Studies and Theater Studies. She grew up in Maryland in the DC Metro Area for most of her life, with a brief 3-year stint in Tuscaloosa, AL. Nailah has always loved working with students and teaching them the skills they need to succeed. Through the Peace by PEACE program, she taught weekly non-violent conflict resolution classes to sixth graders at John Martinez Middle School. As the Education intern at the global non-profit Youth Service America, she created educational resources designed to teach youth how to create their own service projects and led a workshop on these tools for visiting international students. Through Yale's Reach Out Program, Nailah traveled to Jamaica with a group of fellow students to lead community-center workshops for teenagers on health, domestic abuse, economic development and leadership skills. Nailah knows how important education has been in her life, in not only providing her with opportunities to explore the world and think deeply, but also by providing her life-long mentors. Some of the educators that first inspired her were from a performing arts camp called Acting Manitou that she attended for four summers as a camper. She later returned to continue empowering the next generation of campers as a camp counselor. Nailah is also an aspiring director and storyteller, and works part time at a start-up called Harry's.