Asiya Jamillah Nasir, Chief Empowerment Officer and Founder of J.E.S.S.I.C.A. Cares has extensive management, financial and leadership experience through her 25 plus years in the corporate and financial industry. Through participating in various community initiatives; she found her passion of working with, mentoring and empowering young girls. In December of 2014, Asiya became a Muslim of which furthered her belief that every young lady has something special and extraordinary to offer the world. Her belief is that they possess uniqueness and talents that are part of their D.N.A. Asiya’s vision is to assist young girls to see themselves under the same powerful light and through participation of the J.E.S.S.I.C.A. Cares curriculum; guide them to develop necessary skills to live a life that is pleasing to our creator. Through uplifting one day programs, interactive exercises and academies, J.E.S.S.I.C.A. Cares offers teens the “how to’s” and resources necessary to make goals a reality and provide a safe haven for Muslimah’s and young girls of all faiths to discuss their struggles and fears and assist in overcoming those emotions. Asiya is also a transformational speaker who has developed a unique format in which she challenges the young girls to be relentless in their determination and pursuit to accomplish their life goals. Each of the workshops, empowerment academies and inspirational annual retreats represent the belief that every young lady can accomplish any and every dream they set for themselves in spite of their past or current circumstances with God’s help. Asiya believes in leading by example and in the spirit of that belief she actively enrolls in various business courses for nonprofits as well as Islamic courses as an online student of the Islamic Online University. Asiya has received a Certificate of Completion for completing the Life Lessons From The Prophetic Traditions Twenty Hadeeth Course from Rawdah Institute. she has also been a featured author for various not for profit newsletters such as Project Rousseau and Angel Wings Bridge Foundation. Asiya has also been featured in the Daily News in 2011 and 2012 and The Muslim Street in 2018. Asiya became a Chaplain in November of 2016. Asiya currently teaches at Masjid Quba in Philadelphia, The Islamic Center of America/Madrasatu Uhlis Sunnah School in East Orange New Jersey, Masjid Kawthar in Wilmington, Delaware and teaches virtually for the students of New York. She has also taught at the Jersey Battered Women’s Services in Morris County, NJ, The New York City Housing Authority’s Girls Basketball Team, Homeless Shelters and various teen centers in Morris County, NJ. Asiya’s mantra that she shares with the girls of J.E.S.S.I.C.A. Cares is “After asking Allah to guide you to the straight path, don’t just stand there….start walking!”
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