Marline Francois Madden is the owner of Hearts Empowerment Counseling Center, HuffPost contributor, phenomenal public speaker, and entrepreneur. With over 13 years of clinical experience, she has become a sought-after expert in mental health, trauma, self-care, and girls leadership. Marline has shared her expertise at dozens of universities, colleges, community organizations, churches and conferences including the Congressional Black Caucus for Women and Girls.

Her organization, Far More Precious has awarded $2,500 in scholarships to minority girls since 2013 and continues to educate young women ages 14 - 19 to dream beyond the barriers they face to reach their fullest potential. In 2016, she was nominated by the Obama White House State of the Women as a "Nominated Changemaker". Marline has a Bachelor degree in Psychology from Penn State University and Masters of Social Work degree from Rutgers University - Newark. She is a member of the National Association of Social Worker. She is currently licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of New Jersey.