Every media feature and publication reflects one core truth of my work: purpose leads.

These appearances highlight how I bring Nia into public conversations on equity, leadership, and community well‑being — sharing insights that move our collective work forward.

Television + Streaming 

• Dafina Ward on Jennifer Hudson Show for World AIDS Day 2023

• 2024 TAG Research in Action Award Interview

Online + Print

• Jennifer Hudson Show Reel 

Podcasts 

• The Qube, Dafina Ward featured on the Black HIV & The South Podcast (2023)

• Dafina Ward with Carl Schmidt, Plus Life (2022)

Keynotes

• 35th Anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, San Francisco 

• 2024 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS Opening Plenary, New Orleans

Hosting + Interview 

• Interview of Kandi Burress on Women’s Health and Pleasure 

• Interview of Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. on Health, HIV, Stigma, and the South