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with MCD student-athlete Nazim Derry

"I grew up in a really bad neighborhood where, you know, you see your friends go down the wrong path. You see many people with talents–just wasted. And it's not their fault, they have no guidance. I just want to help the kids who really want the best for themselves in my community. Give them the best opportunity to be the best version of themselves."

~(MCD) Student-Athlete Nazim Derry — Atlantic City, NJ

Position: MCD Student-Athlete, Men's Basketball

Education: Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice

Why Carsey? I grew up in a really bad neighborhood where, you know, you see your friends go down the wrong path. You see many people with talents–just wasted. And it's not their fault, they have no guidance. I just want to help the kids who really want the best for themselves in my community. Give them the best opportunity to be the best version of themselves

Carsey Student Nazim Derry on the Master in Community Development Program and His Journey

Being a student-athlete in college is a difficult balance, but when you are in a demanding master’s program like Nazim Derry, it is a whole other ball game. Nazim is in the Master in Community Development program at UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy as well as a star on the basketball team. Hailing from a rough neighborhood in New Jersey, Nazim’s goal with earning his master’s degree is to go back to his hometown to help the kids who want the best in life. He began his college career at Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware with an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice. He committed to Goldey-Beacom because of basketball. Nazim was recruited by UNH’s basketball coach, Coach Ryan; that is when he discovered the master’s program at Carsey.