With  an extensive background in grass roots marketing, and youth development  Aarian (formally Pope) Punter couples all her talents as a professional  spoken word and motivational speaker with her current role as Program  Manager for the Amachi New York Mentoring Program through the New York  City Mission Society; a community based on-to-one mentoring agency that  provides volunteer opportunities for caring adults looking to mentor  young people who have at least one parent currently incarcerated. For  several years prior to her work with New York City Mission Society,  Aarian worked in the entertainment industry as both an executive and  artist.  Aarian landed national voice over roles, worked as an actor in a  comedy sketch team with Comedian Mike Epps and Donnell Rawlings and  wrote and performed original ground breaking spoken word interludes on  major recordings working with such artists as Anthony Hamilton; Hip Hop  group the Lost Boys and R&B recording duo Koffee Brown. While  performing she also worked at various after school community programs  throughout New York City including Minisink Townhouse, Uth Turn,  Educational Alliance, and Urban Assembly in the Bronx, New York.   Through NACA (National Association of College Activities) from 1997 to  2003 Aarian performed at over 50 Colleges and Universities throughout  the United States as far as the University of Alaska at Anchorage. She  is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, New York  Alumne Chapter and continues to serve on the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta  Academy for young girls ages 10 to 13. Aarian is a wife and mother of  two; holding a Masters of Science Degree in Corporate Communications,  from the College Of New Rochelle.  

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