MARNAVA, INC.
Created for Students. Designed for all Humans.
KENIA NUNEZ, FOUNDER AND CEO
AWARD-WINNING LIFE SKILLS STRATEGIST
EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD, NASSAU COUNTY
Kenia has been providing services to the NYC Department of Education since 2017, serving alternative learning centers, students with special needs, middle and high schools across the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island.
Reaching over 5,000 students, Kenia has also facilitated several full-day professional development sessions for teachers on Chancellor's Day. Beyond the classroom, she has taught her signature yoga program to over 1,000 students. Her workshops have reached a wide range of communities, including parents, hospital staff, executives, nonprofits, Rikers Island counselors and staff, and community-based organizations, demonstrating her ability to connect with and support diverse populations.
Kenia Nunez
Founder and CEO
Email: kenia@marnava.com
Why Choose Marnava for Your School or District?
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Marnava is a city and state MWBE Certified business. Our programs cater to all students K-12, including ELL and neurodiverse learners. With over 25 years of experience in education and disability, we understand the intricacies of school systems and offer comprehensive educator professional development to reduce burnout and strengthen school culture.
Our Prospect Bus™ program features six scalable, ready-to-implement initiatives each paired with a corresponding book to empower students to become lifelong learners while building life skills, practical systems that prepare them for success in school, work and life.
Our award-winning SavvyGems™ wellness program has recognized by the Verizon Innovative Leaders Award for its transformative impact on resilience and well-being.
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Our signature yoga program is a student favorite. It is fun, in-demand, collaborative and taught so students can easily remember and practice it on their own long after class ends.
TESTIMONIALS
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We saw an increase in student attendance and engagement with Kenia's programs.
Vincent DiGaetano, Bronx Borough Safety Director & Principal, Bronx Alternate Learning Center.
Alternative Learning Centers (ALCs) provide instructional, social and emotional program for middle school and high school students on Superintendent's Suspension.
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Kenia’s keynote captivated everyone in the audience. She shared a journey to wellness and inspired the audience to take charge of their own emotional and physical wellbeing. Her talk was relatable to our culturally diverse audience and they were all moved by her compelling story. Additionally, Kenia was a pleasure to work with and extremely responsive to our district’s needs.
Monique Darrisaw-Akil, Ed.D. Superintendent at Uniondale UFSD, Long Island, New York
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We continue to be impressed by her (Kenia’s) ability to connect with our students! Her projects, topics, and activities are creative, innovative, and allow the students to express their thoughts and emotions. Kenia uses her book Savvy Gems as a forum to discuss and process key issues facing our young women today. Kenia’s groups encourage young girls to be strong, independent, and self-assured. We look forward to expanding her work with our male students, and to continuing our collaboration with Kenia for years to come.
Allison Edwards, Upper School Principal, The Summit School, Queens, New York​
The Summit School provides children who have learning and emotional challenges the educational support they require to achieve typical academic milestones and develop their individual strengths and talents.
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Kenia is the next big thing. (SavvyGems: A Girl’s Guide to Choosing Happiness) is the book every woman wishes they had growing up, and the book that every teen girl will be glad to have right now. A must read-- and a book worth sharing again and again. David Sams, 9-Time Emmy Winning producer, director and writer. Launch team for The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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email: kenia@marnava.com