ANISSA DANIELLE MOORE

Anissa Danielle Moore

Anissa D. Moore, a Brooklyn native, attended Hunter College, City University of New York where she received her Master of Arts degree in Communications/ Media Studies. Anissa joined the full-time Communications faculty at Nassau Community College, State University of New York in 1996.

Anissa is committed to promoting the arts to create social justice. She is also a playwright, poet, and social activist. Prof. Moore’s creative works include the collaboration: Sistas on Fire! a drama newsical regarding the African- American woman experience. She has also served within numerous organizations which focus on mentoring at-risk women and children in New York City and Long Island. Anissa Moore made history when she became the first African American woman elected to the Long Beach City Council in 2015. In 2018, she launched the Long Beach STEAM Academy to promote youth literacy. Her poetry book, 11226: Just A Girl From Brooklyn was released in 2018. Furthermore, Mad Girl: Reflections on Race, Class and Gender, a collection of personal essays was released in 2020.

Anissa Moore embraces the motto of her shero, Shirley Chisolm: “I am and always will be a catalyst for change.”