Who We Are.
Collectively, our team brings a wealth of research, practice and lived experience in health and wellness, science, culture and international studies, art and design, and education. At Storied, we elevate this wisdom through strategic collaboration.
Shaneka Thurman-Griffin
Founder
I’m Shaneka. I’ve spent my life at the crossroads of culture, science, health and well-being; living and working across nearly half of Africa’s 54 countries. My journey began with traditional healers in West and Southern Africa, sitting with herbalists, midwives, and community elders in spaces where healing had been practiced for generations; long before clinics, prescriptions, or wellness trends. I witnessed firsthand the profound ways ancestral knowledge shapes health, community, and resilience. That experience lit a fire in me that never went out.
Two decades later, as a global health researcher and senior advisor, I’ve designed and led studies and programs in African nutrition, health behavior, and disease prevention for organizations including the United Nations and the U.S. government; always grounded in culturally informed, evidence-based practice. I am formally trained with degrees in African Studies, Intercultural Communication, and Global Health. But what drives my work is something harder to credential: a deep belief that the world is missing something profound by overlooking Africa and its diaspora's healing traditions.
My Storied Path
20 years of living and working across nearly half of Africa’s 54 countries, sitting with healers, leading research, and building programs at the intersection of ancestral knowledge and modern science.
My Routes to Roots
Every journey I’ve taken has led me deeper into the source. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti have left the deepest imprint. Two nations that carry the fullest expression of Pan-African heritage and that permanently reshaped how I understand healing, humanity, and hope.
My Medicine of Choice
Music. Always music.
My Wellness Words
“The art of simplicity simply means making peace with your complexities.”
- India Arie“Storied is the culmination of everything I’ve witnessed, studied, and lived. It is my life’s work, and I built it just for you. You aren’t here coincidentally. Welcome home.”
In the cradle of humanity, foundational African wisdom has never been lost.
This wisdom endures amid a fast-moving, ever-advancing world.
This wisdom calls us back home.
Embrace African Diasporic Wellness
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