Full Name
Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubum

Job Title
Published poet, writer, singer

Speaker Bio
Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubum is a published poet, writer, singer and resident of Gowanus Public Housing Complex. Ijaaza grew up in Fort Greene Public Housing Complex and her family were Ingersoll houses residents for over 40 years. She has been a member of the Poetry Club at the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI) for 12 years. Ijaaza is inspired by the happenings in the world and the poems she has written are aimed to teach people kindness, patience and love that will forever last.                                                           
Ijaaza graduated from Metropolitan College of New York with a Bachelors Degree in Human Services.