Adaku Nwokiwu joined the team as an Associate in fall 2024, just a bit shy of Election Day. New to politics, she’s no stranger to creative storytelling — she landed in comms via a windy route that took her from publishing to nonprofit communications. Prior to Pythia, she worked at Hester Street where she amplified urban planning and design projects rooted in racial, economic, and environmental justice.
Proud of her NYgerian roots, Adaku’s a native of NYC’s most diverse borough — and best borough — Queens. She earned her Bachelor’s in English & Black Studies from Amherst College, and is most at home in the company of a good speculative fiction title and a lengthy A24 film.