After publishing my first book, I was shocked when I checked my Facebook inbox and had a message from CNN’s HLN. It was 11:00am, and they wanted me to do an interview at 4:00pm…via Skype. I called the contact in my inbox and excitedly agreed to do the interview- my first national interview. But there […]
It seems like it was just yesterday that I landed my first job out of college. It was with the Memphis Grizzlies in their inaugural season in Memphis. Well, it was actually 20 years ago. But I remember so many details very vividly including some specifically about the leadership of our President of Business Operations […]
How well do you remember high school? What about the people in high school including the ones that weren’t necessarily your friends? Well, I knew, and remember Hanna Marcom probably because she was on the basketball team, and she was “different”. She was friendly and cool, and so was I (I think). But we didn’t […]
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was looking up to this (from my perspective) super experienced woman who had just been hired to work in Community Investments at the Memphis Grizzlies. I was 21, and she (Staci Franklin) was only in her very early 30’s. But she was wise and experienced and […]
When you leave home after high school on whatever path you choose, you have no idea who you’ll meet along that path. LeShane Greenhill was a fellow business major so I saw him in the business building often at the University of Memphis, and I got to know him personally as a friend and fellow member […]
Although we met nearly 20 years ago, it has been in the last few years that I have grown to know and truly respect the work of Charlie Caswell. With a strong passion for his community, Charlie has used his life and all he’s learned and taught others (including me). About A.C.E.’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) […]
Once I started sharing my story, I began to hear and embrace the stories of others more and that includes Justin Brazil story. A few years ago, I spoke on a local panel and met an amazing man with an incredible story of resilience. One of the topics of the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, […]
One of the organizations that I joined as a student at the University of Memphis was the Student Activities Council. I joined as a freshman, and as a sophomore, I was a committee chairperson- the Novelties and Varieties committee. And Kendra Morman was the SAC president. That’s where we met. Because I was an active […]
As I stood before a packed gymnasium with every student in that high school in 2013. I spoke to the largest audience I had ever spoken to before. I nervously shared my story and hoped that I reached them, at least one of them. Ang gladly, it reached Ebone Allen. In this episode of S.O. […]
