Najatene' Saunders

Najatene Saunders is a sophomore at Princeton University studying Chemical and Biological Engineering. On campus, she helps facilitate a women's Bible talk that fosters sisterhood and biblical, spirit-filled revelations.

Najatene' is the youngest, with two older brothers, and cannot wait to speak alongside her mother, Fatimahtene, who is undoubtedly her greatest confidant.

Witnessing how her parents surrendered and entrusted a dark place in their marriage to God sparked her journey of faith. The loneliness and isolation she felt as her family forcibly changed was suffocating. In that vulnerable place, she experienced firsthand the poignancy of Simon Peter's words, "Father, where else would I go, for you have the words of life" (John 6:68). On July 14, 2019, she was baptized and chose the joy, peace, and fullness of a life with God.