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Meet Colin Kaepernick's long-time activist girlfriend Nessa Diab: she stood by her NFL star partner when he protested against police violence, and once gave a speech to the United Nations

NFL star-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick has been dating his long-time girlfriend, Nessa Diab, since 2015. The pair are known for their philanthropy, with Kaepernick now almost as famous for his civil rights activism as he is for his time on the football field. In 2016 the couple founded Know Your Rights Camp, a non-profit organisation focused on supporting Black and Brown communities. They also founded RA Vision Media, 'a multidisciplinary company that provides a platform to showcase the work of Black and Brown directors, producers, creators and storytellers'. In October of last year, Kaepernick collaborated with Diab on a children's book titled We Are Free, You & Me. Inspired by their two-year-old daughter and based on the 10 principles of Know Your Rights Camp (KYRC) – the non-profit group the authors founded – the book aims to inspire 'young people to live in the light of their own strength, truth and self-worth as they embark on their journey through life', as quoted by People. All proceeds from the book go to KYRC. Advertisement So what else do we know about Nessa Diab? What is Nessa Diab's background? Colin Kaepernick's girlfriend, Nessa Diab, has Egyptian roots. Photo: @nessnitty/Instagram Nessa Diab was born in the US to Egyptian parents who had emigrated to the country, People reports. She and her family are Muslim. Her parents had to work several jobs to make ends meet, despite being highly educated: her father was once a security guard, even after having had his Egyptian university credits transferred to UCLA, giving him the equivalent of a degree. Her mother worked as a hotel cleaner, even though she was a scientist. After her father was transferred to Saudi Arabia for a time, the family followed. She's a radio and podcast host Nessa Diab is a popular media personality. Photo: @nessnitty/Instagram Diab studied mass communications at the University of California, Berkeley and built a successful radio career that earned her a New York Emmy nod, notes People. She hosted award-winning interview series Talk Stoop for a season in 2018, but came to prominence in 2015 when MTV hired her for comedy series Girl Code.