"If we could see with our physical eyes the threads that bind us to each other, undoubtedly it would disarm all hostility."

Niambi Jaha-Echols

Niambi is an Author, Cultural Agility Strategist, Cultural Intelligence Specialist, and Spiritual Alchemist and has spent the past 30 years working as a Transformation Advocate.  She is the Principal and Lead Consultant for Cross-Cultural Agility, LLC where she trains, coaches, facilitates and consults individuals and corporations on issues supporting cultural intelligence and new pathways to inclusion. 
 
Niambi's passion is helping others to transform their mindsets and personal stuck points so that they can deepen their connections to all of humanity.

She is the Founder of The Butterfly Movement, where she utilizes the symbolism of the caterpillar/butterfly metamorphosis to foster emotional and spiritual transformation in women and girls.  She is also the Founder and Lead Facilitator for Project Butterfly where she continues to empower women who in turn empower girls.  She also led the residential summer camp experience, Camp Butterfly from 2003 - 2015.

Niambi is a co-contributor to the book “African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education” published by SUNY Press and is a regular contributor to ACA's Camping Magazine and is the author of “Project Butterfly”,  “Inspiring the Souls of Our Girls”, and "What Color Is Your Soul: Healing the Illusion of Our Separateness." 
 
She has been featured in Essence and Ebony Magazines, MSN.com and Oprah's Angel Network for her work with teen girls.  Niambi has also been recognized by the State of Illinois and Essence Magazine as a woman who is "shaping the world." 

She has served on American Camp Association's National Board, ACA National Board Development Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee and National Conference Program Planning Committee.

She is a faculty member of Expert Online Training, is a member of the National Diversity Council and has served as a Professional Advisor to graduate students at DePaul University's School for New Learning.  She is also a Program Faculty member of Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, NC. 

 Through her spiritually grounded perspective, she helps participants in her programs to transform and heal to higher levels of unity consciousness by lovingly addressing ancestral challenges, unconscious biases, and divisive mindsets. Niambi guides others  in their struggles to understand the ways these mindsets and racism, privilege, and prejudice operate in their minds, hearts, and spirits. Her retreats are designed to help people understand who they really are, release negative emotions, and to re-calibrate individual and collective vibrations to higher levels—ultimately back to our universal oneness.

Niambi and her family live in traditional Occaneeechi territory - now known as Chapel Hill, NC.