Akanan, Mariam

Mariam Akanan is a Case Worker and Health Educator at ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, as part of the ACCESS Substance Abuse Program Community Coalition (ASAP). She organizes the youth in the community to address the stigma around mental health and substance use.

Photos of NIIC across this site are the work of our talented team of photographers over the years, including: Carolina Kroon (lead), Oliver Contreras, Anja Hitzenberg, Phil Soto, Marcin Szczepanski and Stephanie Williams.