

MJ (Maleeka Jihad), MSW
Cultural Education Specialist
MJ (Maleeka Jihad) is the Director of the MJ Consulting Firm and the nonprofit MJCF:
Coalition, an Agency focused on dismantling systemic racism in the family regulation (child
welfare) system through education, advocacy, and policy reform. She is the CEO and Co-creator
of EC3 (Emic Cultural Consultants Collective), where she specializes in organizational and
individual transformational work with structural racism education and community healing.
As an adjunct faculty member at the Graduate School of Social Work with the University of
Denver, she teaches race, privilege, social justice, therapy, leadership, and child and family law
courses.
Alongside her students, MJ is continuing her education by obtaining a PhD in
Organizational Development and Change specializing in Social Justice (at Fielding Graduate
School) with a foundation of International Psychology courses from the Chicago School of
Professional Psychology.