Mariah Jameson

Community Representative

Mariah.Jameson@sdcounty.ca.gov

Mariah Jameson is a community activist, scholar and mother of two. Mariah was born and raised in Southeast San Diego. She graduated from Lincoln High School, where she co-founded a grassroots all-women-led organization called NUBIA that provided essential needs to the unhoused community. NUBIA was recognized as the Community Activist of the Year by the Blue Heart Foundation in 2016. Mariah was also awarded The Blue Heart Foundation Guardian Scholar Award, which is given to a former foster youth and current student who advocates for others and is a role model to their community. This award was later renamed as The Mariah Jameson Scholarship. 

Mariah received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Social Work, with a concentration in mental health, from Clark Atlanta University. She organized Peer Mental Health Counseling so that social work students could provide mental and emotional support to their peers who suffered tragedies on campus. Mariah is dedicated to social justice work, and especially to advocacy for former foster youth. 

Mariah manages constituent services in the areas of the City of La Mesa, Valencia Park, Emerald Hills, Broadway Heights, O’Farrell, Bay Terraces, Skyline, Jamacha, Lomita, Lincoln Park, and Kearny Mesa