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about

Our Story

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Our Story *

Now understanding, never condescending.

UNESCO reports that only 50% of young people across OECD countries can distinguish fact from opinion in a digital text. Meanwhile, MIT research confirms that false news stories are 70% more likely to be retweeted than accurate ones. Nuance exists to close that gap through participatory workshops, peer-led curricula, and editorial storytelling that mirrors what clarity with information looks like in practice.

Nuance is a global youth digital literacy organization building the critical thinking skills young people need to navigate misinformation, algorithmic bias, and the evolving digital landscape.

Nuance is digital wellness.

Through workshops on six continents, research-backed curricula, and original editorial content, we are raising a generation that questions what it consumes and creates with intention.

When a young person learns to evaluate information, they protect themselves and their communities from manipulation.

Every program we run is evaluated against pre- and post-intervention assessments measuring lateral reading ability, source evaluation accuracy, and confidence in identifying manipulated media. Our impact data is published annually in an open-access report.

Nyx, Founder

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Nyx, Founder *

Nyx, Founder

Nerika Joy Cariaga, known as Nyx, is an International Relations graduate and a journalist who believes in the inquiry of eccentricities for the greater good. Hoping that the internet will not be the world’s kryptonite, she began Nuance with the purpose of strengthening digital literacy amongst youth to ensure that access would not be the problem.

She is also the Podcast host for ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership's AASYP On Air, an alumni of the Women in Strategic Policy program by Girls Run the World and the Coral Bell Institute.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thenyx/

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