NaKeesa Frazier-Jennings, is an entrepreneur who is a longtime resident of Western Washington who was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area.  NaKeesa is an advocate for racial and social justice often using the written word and by contributing to various projects to shed light on the many issues impacting Black people and people from other marginalized groups.  

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Her boutique consulting firm, Nakeesa Marie Enterprises, is located in Tacoma, Washington, where she is creating a company culture and foundation that provides authentic, inclusive, partnership through gentle coaching, consultation, proofreading and writing services, as well as various other types of support to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and job seekers. 

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NaKeesa’s work as a consultant was born out of her experiences in the community and being immersed in the visual, creative, and literary art spaces in the Greater Seattle area for over 25 years.  She has engaged with visual artists and creatives in a variety of ways such as providing them with coaching, crafting artist bios and artist statements, serving as an artist manager, having also planned, negotiated, and executed group and solo exhibitions.

  

In December 2023, she created and began delivering a workshop that details her family’s art journey that includes practical tips, strategies, and resources that can help artists across the creative spectrum, monetize their individual art practice.  

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NaKeesa is also a published author whose work has been featured in media publications, books, and creative and literary projects.  She first engaged in the literary world in the early 2010s by submitting a poem to an online magazine which later led her to submit work in 2017 that was published in the South Seattle Emerald where she has had several of her pieces published between 2017 and 2023.  One of her pieces from the Emerald was republished in The Real Change newspaper while another Emerald piece was included in the book Fly to the Assemblies!: Seattle and the Rise of the Resistance - a collection of pieces by journalists, writers, and activists.  Her written work was also included in the multi-dimensional art project Black Imagination providing written meditations for collectors of Black Joy ritual objects.  She is a contributing writer in Black Powerful, a collection of pieces by over 100 Black voices from across the globe.  

 

In the summer of 2024, she released a collection of guided workbooks/journals that support people in engaging in gentle (self) accountability which she believes is one of the highest forms of self-love.

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NaKeesa provides exclusive artist representation to visual artist (and her husband), George Jennings, and served as the creative director for George’s 2024-25 Black family art legacy showcase and exhibit titled The Women, The Paper, and The Light.  

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Though NaKeesa engages in many different projects through her business and in community, it is important to note that as a Black woman she feels that she must first and foremost, prioritize and engage in an intentional and non-negotiable self-care practice which she does at the beginning, end, and throughout each day.  She enjoys going on long walks or (easy) hikes, visiting art galleries and museums, watching documentaries, coloring, playing VR games, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and spending joyful and intentional time with friends and loved ones who are made up of people from her biological family and those who are part of her chosen family.