{"id":21,"date":"2025-11-10T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:50:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">About NayahLabs<\/h1>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stories that see you. Stories that celebrate you. Stories that remind you &#8212; your crown is always shining.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How It Started<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NayahLabs was born out of a simple, powerful question from a 6-year-old: <strong>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t the kids in books look like me?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are a family studio &#8212; co-created with our very own little &#8220;creative consultant&#8221; &#8212; dedicated to making joyful, beautiful books that celebrate Black children exactly as they are: brilliant, brave, and magnificent.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every child deserves to open a book and see themselves as the hero. At NayahLabs, we create stories where <strong>Black girls and boys with dark skin are the stars<\/strong> &#8212; not sidekicks, not exceptions. The heroes. Always.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We celebrate natural hair in all its forms &#8212; braids, twists, puffs, coils, and locs<\/li><li>We honor African and Caribbean cultural identity with warmth and pride<\/li><li>We tell stories of resilience, courage, and Black joy<\/li><li>We make learning fun with creative, inclusive activity materials<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Real Moments, Real Magic<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NayahLabs is for every family that wants their child to grow up knowing: you are beautiful, you are powerful, and your crown never needs an apology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-35f06ea7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/?page_id=18\">Browse the Books<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/?page_id=25\">Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About NayahLabs Stories that see you. Stories that celebrate you. Stories that remind you &#8212; your crown is always shining. How It Started NayahLabs was born out of a simple, powerful question from a 6-year-old: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t the kids in books look like me?&#8221; We are a family studio &#8212; co-created with our very own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayahlabs.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}