Jaha Nailah Avery is an African American woman and a proud Southerner. Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, she received her law degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied constitutional and civil rights law. She spent several years in the startup tech space before embarking on her professional writing career, and her work has been featured in Essence, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Architectural Digest. Her aim is to always document, celebrate, and preserve the stories of Black people, communities, and history.
Jaha Nailah Avery
I had spent several years running to the pharmacy, cooking, ordering supplies, and just generally taking care of things. But after she was gone, I had more time than I knew what to do with.
