About Our Founder

Nieisha Deed

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, PureSpark

Nieisha Deed is a powerful emerging voice and leader in the mental health and wellness space in Boston and is working fiercely to advocate for mental wellness in Boston’s Black community. She is the visionary and creator behind PureSpark. As a person living with bipolar disorder, Nieisha understands all too well how important access to holistic support services and community are to one’s mental wellness. As a Black woman, Nieisha is a community builder and disruptor in the mental health and wellness space. She is dismantling the walls of silence by raising awareness about mental illness and wellness, not just through PureSpark, but with speaking engagements and facilitated events, where she shares her personal story as a Black woman living with a mental Illness. Because the Black community has historically been left out of the conversations about mental health and wellness, Nieisha feels that it’s vital to share her personal experience and voice with her community. Through her leadership, Nieisha shatters the shame around mental illnesses, creates access to mental health support, and shows us that healing is possible.

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Are You Looking for a Speaker?

Book Me as a Speaker

Are you looking for a speaker? Nieisha Deed is passionate about mental health in the black community. She enjoys educating the community via her lived experience on the following topics:

-How mental illness played an important role in her/her families lives
-The deteriorating mental health warning signs she missed
-The steps she is taking now to maintain/improve her mental health.

Nieisha is also skilled in facilitating mental health discussions in the community and in the workplace. Book a free consultation call, by clicking the book now link.