When I entered college in 1997, I quickly got involved in various organizations including the Student Ambassador Board. This is where I interacted with the university president, Dr. Shirley Raines. Surprisingly, I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that we had never had a female president. I think the 18-year-old me didn’t even consider […]
When I published my memoir in 2010, I had no idea the opportunities (and challenges) it would bring to my life. One of the first was when I received the Women of Achievement Heroism Award. That’s when I met one of the founders of Women of Achievement and someone I would soon grow to admire, […]
It’s amazing the people you meet along your journey. For me it’s been especially interesting meeting people who use their life’s challenges, like I do, to help others. Joyce Kyles became my instant friend the day we met. She has an incredible story of surviving domestic abuse as well as being a mother among other […]
When I began my journey as an entrepreneur, I met this big, “chocolate” guy (Phillip Ashley Rix) covered in tattoos. Someone told me he was the chocolate man, and I soon learned that he was much more. Going from an ordinary college student who knew nothing about chocolate to become a well-known designer of the […]
No, I did not get excited when I signed up for an 8 am history class every Tuesday and Thursday morning. I was not a morning person nor a history-lover. Although Dr. Beverly Bond did not make it easy for me to get up early, she did make me enjoy and appreciate history. At least […]
The older I get the more I appreciate and want to know more about the history and the people who make an impact on it. One of those people is Coach Shirley McCray – the first female coach of a men’s football team. A fellow University of Memphis graduate and one of the people who […]
It’s funny when you meet someone who has “known” you for 20 years. Because I’m on a mission to impact as many youth and young adults as possible with the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education Curriculum, I am always connecting with educators. When I sent a connection request on LinkedIn to Marcus […]
Just when I thought I wore a lot of hats. I met someone (Sha’Quille Fuller) who wears a few more and maybe bigger hats. Yet he still made time to volunteer one of his many talents to the fundraiser I created for the S.O. What! Foundation. Which is how I met Sha’Quille Fuller, taking pictures […]
It’s interesting when the first time you meet someone is at your own house. That’s where I met Margaret Rhodes when she came to support a fundraising idea I was trying out at my house. Since then that fundraiser has become a big annual event that our supporters look forward to each Valentine’s Day weekend. […]
