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Building Hope Through Resilience
Have you ever felt hopeless like I sometimes have?
Life, you know, it's like this wild adventure with twists and turns, and sometimes, it feels like we're navigating through a storm. But amidst it all, there's hope – a resilient, enduring…
What Happened When I Told It
When I started writing my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, I just wanted to tell my story.
Mainly, I wanted to encourage every teen mother not to give up herself, not to quit high school, and…
How My Life Became a College Course
When I walked onto the campus of the University of Memphis as a freshman and mother of a two-year-old in 1997.
The last thing I ever imagined was that I would one day be a professor on that same campus. When I chose business as my degree the…
Alicia Keys, Make-up, and Me
"Be yourself. Do what makes you feel good. Stop trying to please every damn body."
You’ll be impressed by what a 7th grade boy learned from Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother
I am always humbled and honored when anyone takes the time to read my book. It is my story of becoming a mother at 15 and living and succeeding in life as a single mother. When adults read it, I appreciate the understanding and hope that they…