About me
Dr. Marquisha Frost is an anomaly. An ambitious and creative woman, mother, and agent of change. Her journey started a few decades ago, in Omaha, Nebraska, where she spent her formative years alongside her two siblings, of which she is the middle child.
Dr. Frost is a two-time University of Nebraska at Omaha alumnus. She has a B.A. in Multidisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Black Studies, a M.S. in Counseling with an endorsement in Mental Health and Student Affairs, a M.A. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration with a certificate in Women and Gender Studies, from Claremont Graduate University.
Currently, she serves as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Engagement and Initiatives at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and serves as a Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in their Graduate Counseling Program. Further, she manages her own consultancy, Marquisha&Co., which offers life-coaching, counseling, and consulting services, for those aspiring to lead happier, healthier, and more balanced lives. An extension of Marquisha&Co., The Sanctuary Collective, serves as a paid, members-only, refuge for women working collaboratively to push, pray, and prepare for the life they’re manifesting.
Dr. Frost has received countless awards and honors for her work, both professional and charitable to include; Nebraska’s Mentoring Advocate of the Year (2024), Phenomenal Woman of the Year (2023), Who’s Who Among Professionals (2022), University of Nebraska at Omaha Young Professional of the Year Award (2021), Winifred-Hausam Fisk Award for Excellence in Higher Education (2020), and Professional Achievement Award (2019).
When she’s not working in official capacities, she enjoys spending time with family, particularly her three children: Ma’Kye, Myles, and Delaney, who are known to be her greatest inspiration, joy, and accomplishments to date, mentoring young women, serving her church, Hope and Refuge Ministries Inc., and pouring into others. She is a lover of alignment, and a woman of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.