NaKeesa Frazier-Jennings is a writer, entrepreneur, and self-care advocate who lives in Western Washington and was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area. She is also known as The Self-Care Engineer™, a title that reflects her approach to building thoughtful, sustainable structures that support people in caring for themselves with intention.

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Through her writing and community engagement, she has long advocated for racial and social justice, contributing to projects that shine light on issues impacting Black people and other marginalized communities.

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She is the founder of NaKeesa Marie Enterprises™, a boutique creative business based in Tacoma, Washington. Through her company, NaKeesa has supported entrepreneurs, small business owners, artists, and job seekers through coaching, consulting, writing, and editorial support. Over time, her work evolved through deep involvement in the visual, creative, and literary arts communities across the Greater Seattle region, where she spent more than two decades collaborating with artists and creatives.

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Earlier in her career, NaKeesa worked closely with visual artists by crafting artist bios and statements, supporting exhibition planning, and serving in artist management roles. She also created and delivered workshops sharing practical insights from her family’s art journey, offering strategies and resources to help artists understand how to monetize and sustain their creative practice.

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NaKeesa is also a published writer whose work has appeared in media publications, books, and literary projects. She began sharing her writing publicly in the early 2010s and later contributed essays and commentary published in the South Seattle Emerald between 2017 and 2023. One of those pieces was republished in Real Change newspaper, and another was included in the book Fly to the Assemblies!: Seattle and the Rise of the Resistance, a collection of writing from journalists, activists, and community voices. Her work has also appeared in the multi-dimensional art project Black Imagination, providing written meditations for collectors of Black Joy ritual objects, and in Black Powerful, an international anthology featuring more than one hundred Black voices from around the world.

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In the summer of 2024, NaKeesa released the first titles in her Gentle Accountability guided journal series, a collection of reflective journals designed to support people in building sustainable self-care practices through structured reflection and compassionate self-awareness. These books grew out of her personal journey and her belief that gentle accountability is one of the highest forms of self-love.

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Today, much of NaKeesa’s work centers on self-care, reflection, and helping individuals cultivate intentional practices that support personal growth and wellbeing. Through her writing, workshops, and public conversations, she encourages people to approach accountability with kindness rather than criticism.

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Outside of her professional work, NaKeesa prioritizes maintaining her own self-care practice. She enjoys long walks and easy hikes, visiting art galleries and museums, watching documentaries, coloring, playing VR games, working on jigsaw puzzles, and spending joyful, intentional time with friends and loved ones who make up both her biological and chosen family.