GrubStreet: Who Is Helping to Feed the City’s Migrants? Beatrice Ajaero ’12 MBA ’17

“Since the spring of 2022, New York City has received some 165,000 migrants and asylum seekers,” writes Chris Crowley for GrubStreet. But who is helping to feed them? Beatrice Ajaero ’12 MBA ’17, who runs the takeout restaurant Nneji in Astoria, is among those who have stepped up. Ajaero told GrubStreet that, beyond meeting the need for nutritional meals, she hoped to tailor the food to reduce the stressors experienced by migrants and asylum seekers. “When we are able to make meals that are highly nutritious, we also get to help mitigate the stress people are experiencing from having traveled so far from home,” Ajaero said. “What better than a nourishing plate of food, where they have ingredients that can remind them of a positive experience? We hope to lift some spirits and also the nutrition of what people consume.”

Post Date: 01-31-2024