Nabwe grew up in
Monrovia, Liberia, before he family moved to the United States and settled in
Jamestown, North Dakota, prior to her freshman year of high school at
Jamestown High School. She played soccer and basketball, before focusing on athletics. She became a two-time state high school champion in the
shot put and
discus and also finished in the top three in the 100 m dash. She also placed sixth overall in the
hammer throw at the championships, with a best throw of 58.15 metres. She placed eleventh at the
2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in the weight throw in March. Nabwe won the weight throw at the
2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing ahead of South African
Phetisang Makhethe, with her best throw of 25.13 metres enough to move her third on the all-time American collegiate list. The following month, Nabwe threw an African hammer record of 75.72 m at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville and improved it to 77.64 at the 2026 Drake Relays.{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/tom-jones-memorial-gainesville-addis-ababa == References ==