Nadira began her association with People's Light in 1990 when she was a student in a People’s Light residency in the city of Chester middle schools, and she toured with the original New Voices Ensemble. Nadira was also a Teaching Assistant for People’s Light SummerStage as a teenager, part of a residency at Chester East Side Ministries. As well as being the Resident Teaching Artist, Nadira is currently the Program Director for the New Voices Ensemble, which has performed Nadira’s original plays, at Chester City Hall, Widener University and at People’s Light. Nadira performed in People’s Light’s 2017 production of Project Dawn, 2019’s Our Town, and 2021’s A Christmas Carol. She is also the recipient of the 2015 Colleen Toohey Porter Emerging Artist Award of the International Performing Arts for Youth Showcase