Nishelli Ahmed

Background

About Nishelli Ahmed

Nishelli is a Program Manager of color actively involved in a number of diversity focused collaborations and groups at UConn. Nishelli mentors and supervises students both undergraduate and graduate. She provides support, motivation and guidance to students; including students of the global majority who are marginalized at our institution, consisting of those Black, Brown, Indigenous and Students of Color. She received the Outstanding Advisor Award during the Region 1 Peer Educator Conference in 2019. She has forged relationships with our culture centers on campus by connecting her new department with the needs of students from those centers. This academic year, Nishelli led AOD intervention initiatives and piloted providing students of color the opportunity to meet with practitioners of color if they so choose. She also was elected to our Union as the Vice President for Social Justice. She is the primary trainer, teacher, and mentor in her department of Health Promotion on all justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. She spends her free time in many activist circles in CT and contributes to local social justice movements. Innovative, Meditation and evidence-based Mindfulness professional with a proven track record of improving quality of care and increasing financial stability in large urban areas. Recognized as an outstanding educator with over several years of experience designing and implementing Stress Management programs in academic medical centers. A highly effective Health Educator and leader who successfully collaborates across all levels to develop and facilitate Mindfulness Meditation programs that meet the needs of all stakeholders