Rashuanda Williams is an airforce veteran who enjoys shopping at thrift stores, repurposing furniture, and serving the community. She found her purpose in her business, "Collective Impact" when she realized that had to be a better way for nonprofits to love God, love people, and serve. She decided to turn what nagged her the most into a successful business that makes an impact in the nonprofit sector.

In this episode, she shares her secret and how we can all know and live a life of purpose. As a social entrepreneur with a background in advertising and marketing, Rashaunda shares a well of knowledge in this episode.

To connect with Rashaunda and find more information about her business, visit: www.collective-impact.app

Sara is a first-generation attorney originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. While attending Gonzaga Law, Sara struggled to envision her place as a professional and grappled with feelings of imposter syndrome and inadequacy. But with the support and guidance of her family, friends, and mentors, she is beginning to find her way and carve out her place in the legal industry. After passing the bar exam in July 2021, Sara started her legal career as associate corporate counsel for a tech start-up in Seattle, Washington.

In this episode, she shares her vulnerability and her journey to overcoming imposter syndrome and feelings of inadequacies.

Sara did not expect that a LinkedIn post she drafted and shared on a random Wednesday evening would end up resonating with so many other professionals. She revealed that she had spent most of her early years crying and struggling to find her voice among her classmates. 

Listen to her story and learn ways you can deal with imposter syndrome. 

Claudia is a Career Coach and host of the podcast "Roadmap To The Executive Suite" and she helps women in tech get to the next level in their careers. She's helped clients get up to $100k in salary increases as well as flurries of emails from headhunters at big named companies like Google, Facebook, and Nvidia. Her workplace expertise has been featured in Forbes, MSNBC, and Thrive Global. Business Insider put her on their global list of  Top 23 Most Innovative Career Coaches in 2020.

To connect with Coach Miller, you can find her on website or Linkedin. You can also listen to her latest podcast episodes on her podcast channel.

Our guest this week, Christina Garrett strategically consults and advises powerhouse women of influence and leadership with the necessary strategies to be more productive and organized in their family management, career schedules, and personal development.

Christina Garrett is a powerhouse international speaker who facilitated summits, conferences, and workshops in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and more. With a heart for women’s empowerment re: self-care, priority management, and getting their world organized, she is excited to support women’s mission in serving epic women of influence.

In this episode, Christina shares how women can do more by strategically doing less. To connect with Christina Garrett, click here to learn more. 

As a non-traditional student, who owned a restaurant and an early child-care center in her twenties, Dr. Monroe began her educational journey at age 28. In this episode of the Dream Mentorship podcast, she shares how she is able to balance it all. Dr. Monroe shares her secret sauce and new adventures. Listen to get a full gist of her journey to success.

Dr. Monroe has served as a vice president of enrollment management, director of career development, cooperative education manager, student success specialist, high school business teacher, and owned two successful businesses.

Dr. Erica Pooler is a wife and mother of 6, author, motivational speaker, educational consultant, with expertise as a teacher of at-risk youth, professor in leadership and integrative studies, director of school safety and student alternative placement, and principal of the neediest students.

As the poster child of second chances and beating the odds, Dr. Pooler uses her past to propel her future. She was born into this world with all odds against her but chose to stop making excuses and began a journey to success, a true testament to her best selling book entitled “The cards of life, when all hope is gone, trust then believe” in addition to workbooks and journals widely used across the county.

Listen to this interview as she shares what it takes to succeed and even plan for retirement even after going through situations in life.

Ashley Monique is an entrepreneur, author, professor, and behavioral coach. Ashley Monique is the founder/CEO of Ashley Monique, LLC. Through this business, she does training, motivational speaking, consulting, and coaching. Her business mission is geared towards “promoting holistic growth.” Ashley Monique has written two books and all of her book endeavors are directly connected to this business. Additional activities conducted are book signings, vendor fairs, events, and media interviews.

Also, Ashley Monique had the honor of starting another business, where she serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a nonprofit organization. C.H.A.N.G.E. (Connecting Hands by Accommodating Necessary Growth for Everyone) is an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is geared towards serving individuals in need through providing services. The mission of C.H.A.N.G.E. is to enhance services and community mobilization through providing needed education, resources, and mentorship to promote holistic growth for underprivileged families. The organizational objectives focus on community mobilization, community-based education, resources, and mentorship. Through this nonprofit organization, events and programs are conducted to serve the needy and educate the community on behavioral health topics.

Check out her books on Amazon. 

Dr. Dequies Lanier is an adjunct faculty member and recruiter with Troy University in Atlanta Georgia. She began her career administratively in finance for the southeast district at the university, and later she served in student services and admissions. 

Dr. Lanier has implemented district-wide strategic communication plans and cultivated university corporate partnerships. She teaches undergraduate students in the leadership discipline. She is a graduate of the Georgia North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Leadership North Fulton (LNF) program.

As a lover of learning, she enjoys studying various personality tools and interventions. She has published research on higher education leaders and presented at research conferences. Dr. Lanier’s research interests include higher education leadership, women’s leadership, strategic communication, and organizational behavior and human development.

Kat Weaver is a serial entrepreneur and 22x pitch competition winner. She started her first company in college but then lost her business to a fire. To rebound, she won 22 pitch competitions and got six figures worth of capital to scale. She's now the CEO of her 2nd company, PowerToPitch, where she coaches busy entrepreneurs on how to prepare to confidently raise their first round of funding.

Have you ever wanted to run for office? Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a United States Senator?⁠

⁠Listen to the story of  Ms. Haneefah Khaaliq who fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer and now hopes to bring a difference to the U.S. Senate. ⁠

Ms. Khaaliq devoted her life to public service at a very young age through volunteering in her community. Now the Executive Director and Presiding Officer for a civil rights agency and human relations commission, Ms. Khaaliq is also an ADA and Title VI Coordinator. Also, she's an adjunct professor at Indiana University. She operates her own social service, providing legal and mental health services to indigent clients nationwide.⁠

To connect with Haneefah Khaaliq,  visit her website at haneefahkhaaliq.org