Nikesha Williams

Nikesha Williams serves as a Social Services Practitioner 3 at Riverside County in California. She brings over three and a half years of experience in the nonprofit sector, with previous positions including program supervisor, lead enhanced care manager at Children's Institute, and program coordinator at the Black Maternal Center of Excellence. Williams is pursuing a doctorate in public health education and promotion at Cal Baptist University, building on her master's degree in public health with a concentration in urban disparities from Charles University in Medical and Science and a bachelor's degree earned in 2023. Her professional focus includes public health, community organizing, advocacy, community activism, program evaluation, program initiation, and facilitating educational workshops for mental health, foster youth, and justice-involved youth. She is a certified community health worker and holds Mental Health First Aid certification. Williams has been involved with organizations such as APHA and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and has volunteered with Nixon Gardens, WLCAC, Chuco's, and a Kaiser organization. She attributes her drive to her childhood experiences in the Nixon Garden projects, where she witnessed community struggles due to limited resources, motivating her commitment to public health change. Her career aspirations include becoming a college professor teaching public health and engaging in consulting work.