The S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education curriculum with Summer Owens

Back to School, Back to Reality: Why Our Students Need This Literacy and Life Skills Curriculum Now More Than Ever

As the school bells ring and students walk through the doors of schools across the country, backpacks are full of new notebooks, sharpened pencils, and hopeful expectations. But too many of those same students…
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Overcoming Exclusion: The Resilient Story of Nubian Simmons and The Pink Bakery

Growing up with severe food allergies, Nubian Simmons often felt excluded from life’s special moments. Instead of letting those experiences define her, she chose to Overcome Obstacles, Eliminate Excuses, and Calculate Choices to create something…
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From Adversity to Advocacy: LaDell Beamon Resilient Mission for South Memphis

I had an inspiring conversation that truly embodies the S.O. What! Success System, and I’m excited to share it with you! In this episode of S.O. What! Success Stories, I reconnected with my friend LaDell Beamon, the founder of Heal the…
Celebrating an anniversary- The 15th anniversary of Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother
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From Pain to Power: 15 Years After My Memoir, Here’s What Confidence and Resilience Created

The number 15 has defined two of the biggest turning points in my life. I was 15 when I became a mother—unprepared, afraid, but determined.And my son was 15 when I published my memoir—an unfiltered story of my…