Experience

Zora's House

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Zora's House is a coworking space and leadership incubator that centers the healing, creativity, leadership, and activism of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color. Our mission is to provide women of color with the clarity, confidence, and connections they need to amplify their authentic voices; grow and contribute their talents, and powerfully transform their lives, careers, and communities! Additionally, we serve as to serve as an inclusive learning space for the larger community on issues of race, politics, economics, arts, and culture, as they relate to the identities and experiences of women of color. Show less



Forward Cities

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Local Director of Community Entrepreneurship

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  Franklin County Forward Cities is a three-year commitment to strengthen Columbus' entrepreneurial community by working together to make it more inclusive and equitable. As the leader of this initiative, I assembled and regularly facilitate a council of twenty-one high-level local leaders and entrepreneurs around topics of economic justice and entrepreneurial inclusiveness in Franklin County. Franklin County Forward Cities is a three-year commitment to strengthen Columbus' entrepreneurial community by working together to make it more inclusive and equitable. As the leader of this initiative, I assembled and regularly facilitate a council of twenty-one high-level local leaders and entrepreneurs around topics of economic justice and entrepreneurial inclusiveness in Franklin County.



YWCA Columbus

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Leadership and Social Justice Programs

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2018

  As the Director of Leadership and Social Justice Programs at the YWCA Columbus, I am responsible for envisioning and executing programs that are in line with the organization's mission of "eliminating racism and empowering women." As the Director of Leadership and Social Justice Programs at the YWCA Columbus, I am responsible for envisioning and executing programs that are in line with the organization's mission of "eliminating racism and empowering women."



LCJ Enterprises LLC

• Available for national and international opportunities

• Speaker + Trainer

  • 2011 - Jun 2015

  Ready to ignite and inspire your audience? I speak on a wide range of topics centered around how women of color can truly transform their lives, careers, and communities. My unique style of speaking combines teaching, narrative storytelling, and audience interaction to ensure that participants leave having learned something intellectually as well as having felt something emotionally. Past appearances include: - Duke University - Harvard University - DePauw University - Babson College - TEDxDuke - Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit (youngest speaker ever to be invited) - Women Get Social - Connecting Women of Color Conference - Secrets of a Side Hustler Show less



Colored Girl Confidential

• Durham, NC

• Founding Editor

  • Mar 2012 - Mar 2015

  Colored Girl Confidential is an online community of early-career women committed to becoming their happiest, most authentic, most empowered selves. CGC provides career and life advice that doesn't shy away from the intersection of race and gender and was recently recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Websites for Women. Colored Girl Confidential is an online community of early-career women committed to becoming their happiest, most authentic, most empowered selves. CGC provides career and life advice that doesn't shy away from the intersection of race and gender and was recently recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Websites for Women.



Sadie Nash Leadership Project

• Greater New York City Area

• Co-Director, Summer Leadership Institute

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Co-director of summer leadership, empowerment, and social justice program for teenaged women of color Co-director of summer leadership, empowerment, and social justice program for teenaged women of color



Bull City Forward

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management

• Community Outreach & Education Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2012

  Coordinated and managed the social entrepreneurship incubator's Entrepreneurial Leadership Development pilot program Coordinated and managed the social entrepreneurship incubator's Entrepreneurial Leadership Development pilot program



New Sector Alliance

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident in Social Enterprise

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2011

  Managed organization-wide branding efforts through online and offline platforms for host site Diploma Plus, an educational non-profit serving over-age and under-credited students at risk of dropping out of high school Managed organization-wide branding efforts through online and offline platforms for host site Diploma Plus, an educational non-profit serving over-age and under-credited students at risk of dropping out of high school