Najmah Nicole Abraham
Transformation Coach Case Manager, St. Nick's Alliance
Najmah Nicole Abraham is an award-winning spoken word artist, entrepreneur, educator, published photographer, marketing professional, and community advocate from Brooklyn, New York. With a career spanning the arts, media, fashion, entrepreneurship, and workforce development, Najmah has built a reputation for using creativity as a vehicle for economic opportunity, empowerment, and social impact.
As founder of NAJM CMB (Creative Marketing & Branding), Najmah has transformed her creative talents into an entrepreneurial career providing photography, graphic design, web design, marketing, and branding services. Drawing upon her background in Fashion Design and Marketing, she has worked with brands including Rocawear, Guess Jeans, and Gap Inc. Her photography and writing have appeared in international publications including Vogue Arabia, Teen Vogue, and Newsweek Middle East, and she is a featured photographer in MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora.
Najmah also serves as Marketing Director of Halalywood Inc. and Vice President of Halalywood Foundation, contributing to film, arts, marketing, and youth-centered initiatives. As an accomplished spoken word artist, she is a two-time slam champion (Yale and Medgar Evers) and has performed at Lincoln Center, the United Nations, and universities nationwide. Her community and nonprofit work has also earned grants, awards, and an invitation to the Obama White House.
As an educator and Teaching Artist, Najmah has facilitated hundreds of workshops in entrepreneurship, creative writing, photography, storytelling, self-expression, and social-emotional development. In 2024, she received a Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Residency for her interdisciplinary program, Reframing Self: Exploring Identity through Photography and Poetry.
Najmah currently serves as a Transformation Coach/Case Manager with St. Nicks Alliance’s YouthBuild North Brooklyn program, supporting young adults in education, workforce training, career development, and personal growth. She also teaches Entrepreneurship Workshops helping participants explore business development, branding, marketing, financial planning, and strategies for turning their skills and ideas into entrepreneurial opportunities.