Nia Calloway | 2026 Graduate Commencement Speech

Nia Calloway (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who traverses the worlds of writing, theatre, poetry, music, dance, and the healing arts. Driven by the desire to relate the natural world, supernatural phenomena, and the cosmos to our bodies, Nia’s art serves to reorient our stories around Black femme bodies, our planet, and collective healing. Nia is earning her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing from The New School for Social Research. Learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/creative-writing/ Learn more about The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/