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Derek Ryan S.O. What! Success Story
Have you ever connected with someone over a testimony?
I’m not sure exactly how it started, but when I met Derek Ryan it seems like our first words to each other were our testimonies.
Our stories.
Seeing the amazing place he was…

LeWinfred Shack S.O. What! Success Story
People who give of their time and talents have a special place in my heart.
LeWinfred Shack, best known as Shack, is one of those people. We met probably a decade ago at church, and I learned about his massage therapy business.
When…

Sharing the Storyteller’s Story: Deborah Clubb S.O. What! Success Story
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…

When Transforming Your Body Transforms Your Life, Almetria Turner S.O. What! Success Story
Can you imagine someone weighing nearly 300 pounds becoming one of your health and fitness role models?
As a high school junior, a few of my friends and I skipped a couple of days of school (Shush, don’t tell anyone). We spent those days…

Meet Reginald and Ebony Clark, S.O. What! Success Stories
As a college freshman, I made a decision to pledge an amazing sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
That decision opened my world up and introduced me to an entire Greek family with incredible brothers sisters who would go on to do incredible…

Before we leave 2020…
Before we leave 2020, a year full of devastation for so many I want to share a message I think is important.
People I love lost people they love, and I even witnessed my aunt take her last breath and can't get that image out of my head. I've…

A Focus on the Future After a Year of Loss and Lessons
2020 represents a lot of loss for me, as it does for many others. It also represents a year where I was reminded of just how creative, flexible, compassionate, and resourceful I can be and how the lessons from my past can help me focus on the…

Reading and Real Life- The Journey to the Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education Curriculum
When I published my first book, Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother
I had no idea the impact it would have on students and adults. I was just telling my story. And I had no idea that people all over the world…