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     Nadiyah uses her nickname "Essence"  to represent herself as an author. She is a mother, a motivational speaker, and a facilitator of self-help and trauma-informed topics, self-help/spiritual literature, and bereavement books. She uses her experience as a community-based social worker, parent facilitator, former correctional officer, and mother to help people reframe past traumatic experiences and create new opportunities for a brighter future. She has experience in the Human services field, specializing in parent education and individual/group counseling.  Nadiyah's mission is to combat health disparities in low-income communities to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged and underserved populations by encouraging them to embrace change from within through various DBT and CBT techniques. Nadiyah has a B.S. in Human Services from Chestnut Hill College and is pursuing her Master's degree in Human Services. Nadiyah helps people gain confidence in themselves and their overall abilities using the existential perspective, the Satir model, Motivational Interviewing, and Bowen Family Systems theory. She addresses the issues that people struggle with within themselves, such as depression, PTSD, Intergenerational patterns, abuse, stress, work/life balance, unforgiveness, and resilience.  Nadiyah is a survivor of Domestic violence and intergenerational trauma and abuse, which was the inspiration for her book production and business.

She currently mentors youth through programs at various high schools and community-based agencies.