, and
Lee Kiefer) in 2015. Prescod, a daughter of Marva Prescod and Homer Richardson, was born in New York City, and was named after
Nzingha Mbande (a 17th century queen in what is now
Angola, who fought against colonization by the
Portuguese Empire). Her mother is a
Vincentian lawyer. Fencing for Columbia, in 2010-11 she was named
Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and First-Team All-Ivy League. In 2016 Prescod was one of eight Olympians selected for a six-month internship with
EY (the former Ernst & Young) through its Women Athletes Business Network. As of 2020, she was working in
data analytics for EY. Prescod was selected as an athlete director on the
USA Fencing Board of Directors beginning on January 1, 2021, as the top vote-getter in a vote by athletes who represented the US at the Olympics or Paralympics, Pan American Games, or Senior World Championships. She said that in 2020 the organization's disciplinary decisions "reeked of lenience and favorability for the offender." ==See also==