Nadiyah Fisher

Advisor
NAMI Next Gen

Nadiyah Fisher (she/her) is a visionary 24-year-old from Middletown, DE, with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She is applying to medical school to become a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Her personal experiences with childhood depression, PMDD, and the stigma surrounding mental health in her community ignited a passion for advocacy.

Nadiyah’s mission is to destigmatize mental illness, address its origins, prevent youth suicide, train first responders in mental health crisis management, disrupt the cycle of untreated youth mental health leading to incarceration, and promote harm reduction, particularly within the Black community. At her university, she was the NAMI on Campus President and a part of the Mental Health Awareness Month Planning Committee, where she developed the slogan for the 2023 campaign, “Your Story…Let’s Talk," and led countless panels on intergenerational trauma and stigma in marginalized communities.

She serves as the Volunteer Engagement Lead for the DE Behavioral and Emotional Support Team and trains her community on Narcan administration. Nadiyah's research on youth mental health is published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and the Journal of Developmental Psychobiology. She enjoys listening to loud music, lifting, writing, volunteering, and making her loved ones laugh in her free time.