Dear Life Warriors,

When it comes to Shantay Carter, helping others is more than just a job- it’s her passion and her purpose. From her daily work as a dedicated nurse to her ambitions as the founder of a thriving nonprofit organization. The New York area native has an extensive history of letting her caring nature guide her path. Shantay attended Binghamton University where she received a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing. In 2000, she began working at Binghamton General Hospital as a Registered Nurse. In 2002, Shantay continued her career at Northwell Health Systems, where she worked as an orthopedic /trauma/ neurosurgery nurse.

After noticing the lack of guidance for young girls in the Long Island area, Shantay decided to create Women of Integrity Inc. The eleven-year-old organization has already made huge strides in its mission to “empower and educate women of all ages and ethnicities”. Its signature event is its prom dress drive, prom dress giveaway, and prom makeover project that is executed each year.

Shantay modestly holds a number of accomplishments and honors for her work including being a Wholeness of Life Award winner at North Shore University Hospital in 2012, and a NSLIJ Health System 2013 President's Award nominee. In 2014, Shantay was honored as a Making A Difference Award honoree for the Town Of Hempstead, and a semi-finalist in P&G’s My Black is Beautiful Ambassador Search. In 2015, she received the Darby Foundation’s Community Service Award and a Community Service Award from the Hempstead Chamber Of Commerce. In 2017, she was a Woman Of Power Honoree from the Caribbean Business Connections Organization, and was a  NAACP Community Service Award honoree. Shantay also became a published Author in 2017, when she penned her book Destined For Greatness, which has  gone on to become an Amazon Best Seller. She recently received the 2018 Caribbean American Healthcare Award, from Caribbean Life Magazine. She was  the Keynote Speaker for the Excellence in Success Nursing Awards. She received the 2018 Woman of Power Award from The Ladies of 3rd Thursday organization, and the Social Change Award from Farley Productions, Inc.  In 2019, she was a Long Island Diversity In Business Award Honoree. In 2020,  she received the  Town of Hempstead’s Pathfinder Award, she was a  Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs Black History Month Award Honoree, and received the P.O.W.E.R. 2020 Women’s Empowerment Award. In 2021, she received the Inner Vision Magazine, Women Who Rocked their Roles Honor, she was the Keynote Speaker for the NY Chapter of The American Nurses Association 9th Annual Conference, and recognized as Nurse Entrepreneur of The Year, by the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association. Shantay is also the Founder of Men Of Integrity Inc., and Co-Founder of Nurses Of Integrity.

 “I believe that what you put out in life, you get back,” explains Shantay. “So, if you put out positivity, then you will get back positivity— it’s our job to give back in any way we can.”

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