Christy Pruitt-Haynes is a well-respected speaker, author, and C-Suite Collaborator based in Nashville, TN who combines 25 years of executive level Human Resources, Diversity, and Leadership Development expertise with a healthy dose of profound strategy and results-focused resourcefulness to create innovative organizations and highly effective leaders.  Whether on a stage giving a TEDx talk, a keynote to 1,000+ member audiences, or meeting one-on-one with a CEO, Christy adds a fresh perspective that lead to actionable “aha moments.”  Her trusted insights can regularly be found in Business Insider, The Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company, among others.  In her book I Have to Pay for this $h!t Christy combines her wit and heart in a comical and heartwarming picture book for parents of rising college freshman. For more information on Christy visit www.IHaveToPayForThis.com and www.ChristyPruitt-Haynes.com.

We had the pleasure of visiting with her in the virtual Black Mom Diaries house, while she shared with us the joys, frustrations and adventures of raising a strong confident daughter, as well as her experience of walking with her daughter through different transitions.

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