Nani Ferreira-Mathews

Nani Ferreira-Mathews

Nani Ferreira-Mathews is an author, freelance journalist and community organizer, and a worker-owner at Thread Coffee Roasters in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Georgia State University.

Stories by Nani Ferreira-Mathews
Magdalena’s first Black executive chef talks about the bistro’s model, focused on local sourcing and accessibility

Emphasizing Maryland’s culinary traditions, while minimizing the impact of climate change, within the context of the Ivy Hotel

Chelsea Gregoire, a Baltimore native and award-winning bartender, wants Church to be a place of community where power is truly with the people

Church seeks to create a space unlike any other, a place of community and gathering much like that of an actual church but without the fear of being shunned or castaway into the murky margins as an outsider.

After immigrating to the US from Laos and working in restaurants for 15 years, Mona Kettavhong opened the Hampden restaurant in 2021

From her friend’s mom who decided to live in Maryland, to the sugarcane operator who pushed her forward, to the friend who introduced her to her wife—each of our lives is a glass box covered with the fingerprints of others.