Professional Highlights
- Award winning and nationally recognized activist and motivational public speaker
- Advanced-level Credentialed Advocate w/ the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP)
- Skilled DV educator and workshop facilitator with 10+ years of experience
- Contracted as a Per Diem trainer for Rutgers University School of Social Work
- Inspired and co-developed a Law Enforcement Agency’s first Domestic Violence Unit (DVU)
- Founder of G.R.O.W. Foundation, a non-profit organization providing crisis intervention, violence prevention, and outreach initiatives
- Celebrated poet and Spoken Word artist
Award Highlights
- 2023-2025 “Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year”- Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. (Gamma Zeta Chapter)
- 2022 “Everyday Hero” Humanitarian Award Nominee- WTKR 3
- 2021 “Survivor of the Year”- DomesticShelters.Org
- 2021 “People Taking Action” Award- WTKR 3
- 2019 “Voices in Action-Survivor of the Year”- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- 2018 “Woman of Distinction”- YWCA
- 2017 “Inspire a Difference” Gala Honoree- Investigation Discovery & People magazine
What The Community Is Saying
Allstate Presents: The True Cost of Financial Abuse
Neisha Himes didn’t see the signs of financial abuse at first. She is not alone. Most people – 78% of Americans – don’t recognize or understand financial abuse as a sign of domestic violence. But it’s the most prominent and least recognized forms of abuse. The only way we can stop it is if we can see it.
Join Vox, The Allstate Foundation, and Hello Sunshine to learn more about this important, but often-overlooked topic.