Women with Vision
Jha’Niyah Holland

Jha’Niyah Holland

Director of Advocacy and Accountability

Is the co-founder of Women With Vision and currently serves as the Director of Advocacy and Accountability. A dedicated young leader advocating for community safety,the overall well-being and life quality of underserved communities. Jhaniyah currently serves on the Mayor’s Mental Health roundtable and is a Alumni of the Cites Unites Young Leader Fellowship that focuses on building collaboration nationwide to reduce homicides and shootings among Black men and boys. Ms.Holland is a former board member of Alliance for Integrated Awareness where she was able to gain insight and advocate for advancing equity in mental healthcare. While advocating in the community over the past three years, Ms. Holland has also been soaring in her career as an entrepreneurial esthetician.

As an community engagement and outreach specialist for a research non-profit Ms.Holland has been able to facilitate focus groups in many spaces that has allowed diverse perspectives from community members and stakeholders, identify effective intervention strategies and develop comprehensive approaches to address the needs and barriers of our underserved communities. She participated in creating Health portraits for 21 counties in Southeast Tennessee with the University of Tennessee Medical Center and facilitating focus groups for a Health Brain Intitiative with the Knox County Health Department.

Ms.Holland is dedicated to community driven research, committed to making an impact through collaboration and innovation. She has a passion for advocacy in research for minorities where she believes that research does not define us but gives us a voice and an opportunity to be heard.