Meet Ignite! Utah

Jenessa Jimoh is a dynamic community leader, advocate, and political enthusiast with a passion for promoting civic engagement and fostering youth in leadership. With five years of experience as an executive director of her nonprofit Diversity. Inclusion. Values. Action. Inc., she has made significant contributions through her dedication to community-based research and intersectional frameworks. As a descendant of one of Utah's pioneering Black families, Jenessa carries forward a legacy of generational activism and trailblazing coalition. Jenessa's unwavering commitment to these values continues to inspire and uplift every community she serves.