Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Nia English

We recently had the chance to connect with Nia English and have shared our conversation below.

Nia , we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What are you most proud of building — that nobody sees?
Honestly, I’m most proud of building my emotional intelligence. Learning peace, patience, and real self-care. It’s quiet work, but it changed everything.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Taniah English most people know me as Nia e. I’m the artist and founder of Moon Arch and Roses (MARs), an art and lifestyle brand that started as a personal outlet and grew into a movement. MARs began as a digital art project from my own healing and self-discovery, and it’s now a creative space that connects artists and dreamers while raising awareness for mental health through art and storytelling. With a background in marketing and branding, I’ve built MARs to blend strategy with soul, a brand rooted in emotion, purpose, and authenticity. What started as my vision is now a family business, growing into something collective and lasting. Lately, I’ve been expanding into sports marketing, exploring where art, wellness, and athletic culture meet and showing that creativity and community can live anywhere, from the canvas to the field.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
The artist in me or at least the version that created from pain and survival has served its purpose. That part taught me how to express, to heal, and to find meaning in chaos. But now it’s time to release her, to create from peace instead of struggle, from joy instead of just resilience. I’m learning that art doesn’t always have to come from hurt, it can grow from clarity, confidence, and love too.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
The defining wounds of my life came from battling depression, losing myself in a toxic relationship, and constantly feeling unseen and unheard. For a long time, I carried all that pain like it was part of my identity. Healing started when I finally chose myself through therapy, creativity, faith, and honest self work. I learned that peace doesn’t come from surviving chaos but from creating space for peace, stillness, and real love, starting with my own.

I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
Mostly, yes but it’s the polished version. The real me is quieter, more reflective, and still figuring things out as I grow older. I like keeping a bit of mystery, especially in a world where everything is exposed. What people see is genuine, just filtered through confidence and purpose. The private me the one only close friends see is where the real work happens, the healing, the doubts, the growth. That’s what lets the public me show up strong and confident.

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. If immortality were real, what would you build?
If immortality were real, I’d build a space for creativity and connection that keeps growing and evolving. A place where artists, thinkers and dreamers could come together across generations to create, heal, and inspire. It would also be a space for the youth to explore, learn, and express themselves freely. A place where imagination and growth are nurtured alongside art and community. Something living, ever evolving and full of stories that never end.

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Dionte Wade
@dwade_tookthat_
(event photos)

and

Ricky Codio
@rickycodio
(headshots)

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