Our Story
The journey to Third Space Co. began many years ago — as two separate visions that became amplified and unified during the pandemic. Rashiah Elam and Jorli Peña connected over how they longed for a shared community workspace in the midst of the Covid-19 shutdowns.
Missing coworkers and friends and recognizing that the way people worked had been forever changed, the two came up with the seed that would become Third Space Co., a place that was neither home nor traditional office, but instead a third space that allowed for so much more.
Jorli Peña and Rashiah Elam are the dreamers and founders behind Third Space Co., a unique coworking and practitioner space in the heart of Nyack, New York.
Third Space Co. recognizes how important community is to the creation of ourselves and is dedicated to the idea that our work — and our workspaces — are fundamental to our overall health and well-being.
Whether you are practitioner that needs a private space for therapy or massage sessions, a writer who needs a quiet place to focus, a work-from-homer who longs to be around others after a year of solitude, or even an artist looking for inspiration, Third Space Co. was created with you mind.
Founder Bios
Rashiah Elam
Rashiah Elam is an Integrative Family Medicine Physician specializing in Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. In addition to her formal training — Cornell University Medical College and Residency at Montefiore's Program in Social Medicine — she has over two decades of experience and practice in Integrative and Traditional Medicine. Her practice combines conventional medical treatment with an intuitive and multidimensional approach drawing from various alternative healing modalities.
In 2014, after 11 years of practice in the NYC metro area, including New York Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, St. John's Riverside, Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she departed from a full-time, hospital-based practice to embark on a journey of creating her solo integrative practice.
Rashiah is passionate about helping people lead better, healthier lives and believes that regardless of circumstances, everyone has access to innate well-being. She looks forward to connecting and collaborating with other practitioners at Third Space Co.
Jorli Peña
Jorli Peña helps people build and run sane and sustainable businesses in alignment with their highest purpose.
She is an artist, writer, and founder of multiple businesses, including Third Space Co., Artisanal Copy and Sweet Resumes. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with a concentration in ecology, behavior and evolution at UCLA, an MBA in marketing at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and has received certificates in graphic design, website development, and several healing modalities, including breathwork, past-life regression and color therapy.
Jorli loves meeting everyone who makes their way into Third Space and does her best to not chat your ear off so you can get some work done. You can learn more about her work at jorlipena.com and at her YouTube channel, or connect with her on instagram @jorli.