Nurses help us heal physically and emotionally during times of distress. They are currently on the frontlines helping so many as the nation battles COVID-19. Before the outbreak, I interviewed Rhonda Smith Wright, RN, MSN, MHSA a clinical nursing instructor at Johns Hopkins & University of Maryland’s School of Nursing, a @brynmawrschool for girls alumna and trustee, and former @gbali co-director to learn:

- how she teaches future nurses to understand the unique needs of diverse and underserved populations in Baltimore and the nation.

-what personal and professional development, wellness, and community building opportunities could help physicians, nurses, and administrators thrive

-what does the future of nursing look like and what skills will public health students need to succeed and contribute new and bold ideas and practices to create a more mindful, well, and inclusive national and global community

-what technical, life, and or social emotional learning skills will youth and adults need to thrive in the next 25 years!

Connect with Rhonda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhonda-wright-23694b4

Bio:

Rhonda Smith-Wright currently serves as a Clinical Nurse Instructor for Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland Schools of Nursing, where she supports the professional learning of graduate students and aspiring registered nurses in community settings. Concurrently, Rhonda consults in numerous health care and public health roles and projects including workforce development, quality, care coordination, and community health assessments. Prior to consulting and while living in Naples, Italy for two years, she successfully led the U.S. Naval Hospital to the U.S. Surgeon General's Blue H. Award for excellence in health promotion activities. Before Rhonda's time overseas, she served as Vice President of Clinical Services for a consortium of community health clinics in Northern California directing programs such as mobile mammography, HIV testing, and diabetes self-management for vulnerable populations in the area. Rhonda holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Michigan, and a master of science degree in nursing from Johns Hopkins University. involvement with the Bryn Mawr School includes membership on the Alumnae Association Board from 2003-2006 and 2016-2019, the Board of Trustees Community and Inclusion Task Force during 2018-2019 school year, Parents Association class parent (2015-2016), and Admissions tour guide for Lower School.

The Blooming is A Habit Podcast helps youth and adults cultivate habits that can help them design the lives and communities they love! We explore what it can mean to be human and highlights innovative solutions to complex social challenges! We start honest and kind conversations that will help everyone thrive academically, economically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually and reach their highest potential in our global society.

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Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit

Stephanie Introducing President Obama at White House Pell Grant Press Conference

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference- Self-Care and Mindfulness Strategies to Help Faculty of Color

https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

We are forced to bloom where we are planted in uncertain times. Before the COVID-19 outbreak began to affect our everyday lives in the US, I interviewed Outgrowth Founder Anna Fitzgibbon for S2. E1. of the Blooming is a A Habit Podcast. We discussed how to Use Creativity to Design A Life, Career, & Business of our dreams. I hope this episode helps you to actively work to define what balance means to you, redefine new normals, and create lives and careers that are fulfilling to inspire and create a new world order. Right now many of us are totally out of our comfort zones, but that’s where all growth happens. Let’s Bloom!🌱🌸🌱

Anna is a JHU DC TedX Speaker who builds and implements programs in schools and businesses that “inspire teams to fulfill their potential, improve the world, build a life of impact and grow a better tomorrow. She is committed to shift the way we approach our educational and professional systems in the U.S., so that people can “rethink the linear paths we are all told will (one day) lead to success.” She notes that “there are countless different ways to craft a life, chart a career path and approach our community or business' most pressing needs.” ” for more information visit her website at https://www.outgrowthtoday.org/about .

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Website: https://outgrowth.today

Email: [email protected]

The Blooming is A Habit Podcast helps youth and adults cultivate habits that can help them design the lives and communities they love! We explore what it can mean to be human and highlights innovative solutions to complex social challenges! We start honest and kind conversations that will help everyone thrive academically, economically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually and reach their highest potential in our global society.

Topics Covered:

Health & Wellness

Family

Relationships & Sex

Education

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Science & Technology

Career & Business

Public Policy

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Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit

Stephanie Introducing President Obama at White House Pell Grant Press Conference

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference- Self-Care and Mindfulness Strategies to Help Faculty of Color

https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

The difference between where you are and where you want to be is work.“ Don’t let fear of hard work get in the way of you sharing your talent and story with the world. In this episode of Blooming is a Habit (BIAH) S1: E7: How to Find Your Voice and Define Success on Your Own Terms, Joseph Green, the Founder of LMS Voice https://lmsvoice.com/ and a motivational speaker, educator, and poet shares taking actions that will help you accomplish your goals and help you overcome the fear of starting a new career, business, relationship, or skill that you need to thrive and feel a sense of purpose.

The success is in the doing, the learning, and the failing. There’s really no such thing as failure if you’re learning from your mistakes, implementing new strategies, and reflecting on what’s working and what’s not. We discuss how students, educators, business owners, and business professionals can find their voice and define success on their own terms. We also discuss how we can use mindfulness and storytelling to make deeper connections at school and work so that students and employees emotional and physical health is supported.

When schools and businesses make wellness a priority youth and adults have more opportunities to be creative, productive, and thrive. This episode is available on all platforms. Please listen, subscribe, and share!

Follow Joseph on IG at https://instagram.com/josephlmsvoice?igshid=w3mds1nax00v

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/josephlmsgreen/

Website: https://lmsvoice.com/

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Akoumany is host of Blooming is a Habit a podcast series highlighting innovative solutions to complex social challenges discovered by students, parents, educators, business professionals, business owners, and women & girls of all colors as they pursue their passions and create careers and/or businesses of their dreams.

Join Dr. Akoumany and her guests as they discuss their journeys and their impactful interventions in the areas of Health & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Family, Relationships, Education, Science & Technology, Career & Business.

Follow Bloom on

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanieakoumany/

Website:http://justbloom.io

Email: [email protected]

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieakoumany

Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

We have all had a dream or a goal that we wanted to accomplish, but then told ourselves “that’s not for me!” “I cant possibly do that!!” In this episode of Blooming is a Habit (BIAH) S1: E6 How to Prepare Girls and Women for the Future, Cristina Jacobs Easton, the Upper School Principal at Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) helps us remember that

1. You belong wherever you want to be.

2. You can do anything you put your mind to, but this comes with hard work, perseverance, and self reflection.

3. Success is not achieved by being fearless, but by being so committed to your dreams that you take action even while scared, and find ways to cope mindfully.

4. Girls and women can better plan for their future and be their best selves when they are open and honest about the challenges and success they experienced throughout their academic, personal, and professional journeys!

5. There is no such thing as perfection. Mistakes help all of us learn and grow.

These lessons start in school. Let’s make it foundational material!

Guest Bio Continued.

BLSYW is an all-girls public charter school serving girls in grades 6-12 across Baltimore City,

Cristina Is a Baltimore native and graduate of both The Bryn Mawr School for Girls and Smith College, girls' education is a topic that she holds dear both personally and professionally. Cristina began her career in Education as a Special Education teacher in the Bronx as a New York City Teaching Fellow. In 2007, Cristina was on the founding committee for The Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn, and was a founding staff member when the school opened in 2008. She worked there as a Teacher and Assistant Principal until 2016. Moving to Baltimore to join BLSYW has been an exciting personal and professional opportunity. Since returning to Baltimore, Cristina has served in multiple capacities supporting girls' education and institutions. As the co-chair of the Student Leadership Network's Affiliate networking in 2016, she facilitated space for educators in the Young Women's Leadership affiliate network across the country to share best practices. She served as a member of the Bryn Mawr School Alumnae Association and now sits on the Board of Trustees there. Cristina has presented for the National Coalition of Girls Schools on the collaborative course, Baltimore Studies, in which Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Roland Park Country and BLSYW students engage in a historic and ethnographic study of their city. When not working to further girls access to opportunity, Cristina enjoys spending time in her kitchen with her husband, dog, and son who joined the family in September.

You can connect with Cristina at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristina-jacobs-2a6370106

Her message to students to BLSYW: https://www.blsyw.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=313984&type=d&pREC_ID=586743

Blooming is a Habit Podcast Description

Dr. Akoumany is host of Blooming is a Habit a podcast series highlighting innovative solutions to complex social challenges discovered by students, parents, educators, business professionals, business owners, and women & girls of all colors as they pursue their passions and create careers and/or businesses of their dreams.

Join Dr. Akoumany and her guests as they discuss their journeys and their impactful interventions in the areas of Health & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Family, Relationships, Education, Science & Technology, Career & Business.

Follow Bloom on

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanieakoumany/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieakoumany.

Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

Introducing President Obama by

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

Do your friends, parents, and teachers inspire you? Do you inspire your them? Think about the 5 people that you spend the most time with? Do they cheer you on? Push you to be your best self? Do they bring positive energy to your relationship? Can you learn from them? Having open minded, goal-oriented, and positive people in your life can give you the boost to accomplish any goal you set for yourself! On this BIAH Episode we are discussing how we can best help teens embrace their skills, believe in themselves, and inspire each other to be their best selves. We also discuss how schools, students, and parents can encourage students with different learning styles so they can all develop and/or maintain a love of learning. These teens from Long Reach High School in Columbia, MD show us that so many divisions are created around the course offerings and course selection. This is only a microcosm for the collegiate and corporate worlds. Lets change the way we build community so we can learn and create innovative solutions to the worlds problems. Lets open up more opportunities and conversations between students in all course levels. Let’s Bloom! Follow Long Reach SGA at https://instagram.com/longreachsga?igshid=dhtruas1llak. Dr. Akoumany is host of Blooming is a Habit a podcast series highlighting innovative solutions to complex social challenges discovered by students, parents, educators, business professionals, business owners, and women & girls of all colors as they pursue their passions and create careers and/or businesses of their dreams.

Join Dr. Akoumany and her guests as they discuss their journeys and their impactful interventions in the areas of Health & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Family, Relationships, Education, Science & Technology, Career & Business.

Follow Bloom on

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanieakoumany/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieakoumany.

Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

Are you willing to ASK FOR WHAT YOU DESERVE? First tap into your creativity, identify for passions, work hard, find a mentor, network, fail, come back, reap your rewards, and SHINE? Listen in! Tiffany N. Davis is a rocket scientist and young dreamer from Washington, DC reaching for the stars and beyond. https://instagram.com/tiffany_n_davis?igshid=1c55zs06pbf0s This Boeing aerospace engineer had to overcome many challenges to pursue her dreams. When we are little everyone asks us "What do you want to be when you grow up?" but too often we are not shown how to land that position. We are not given the time and space to acquire the skills, tools, and professional networks needed to thrive and earn a great salary in our field of choice. Our guest Tiffany N. Davis is fighting to make this change. She even talked to President Obama about it https://ae.gatech.edu/news/2019/02/tiffany-davis-bsae-16-still-inspiring-others-reach-stars ! We both did actually! https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy ! So cool! Let's use our voices to make great change in the world. Be sure to tune in tomorrow, subscribe, and share to hear how Tiffany shares invaluable tips on how to make Blooming a Habit and how she is sure to shine her light and share her knowledge on all things STEM, Aerospace Engineering, AI, and Machine Learning. Find more about her Astro Girls Space Camp Scholarship that helps girls understand real-world applications of STEM in the aerospace world at a week long summer camp! http://tiffanyndavis.com/astrogirls-space-camp-scholarship/ Guest Bio: Professional

• On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, Tiffany graduated from the Boeing Corporate Engineering Leadership Rotation Program. After her graduation, Tiffany was promoted to a Level 2 Engineer.

• Tiffany is currently working in Washington D.C. as a spacecraft engineer in Boeing’s Mission Operations and Engineering group.

• Tiffany was nominated and selected as the 2018 Technology Rising Star for the Women of Color in STEM conference. Rising Stars are young women, approximately 1 to 22 years in the workforce, who are helping to shape technology for the future. Tiffany will accept the award at the conference in Detroit, October 12th.

Passion/General updates

• On May 18th, 2018, Tiffany was a panelist on the Second Annual Dream Talk Panelist. The purpose of the Dream Talk Panel to expose the youth to to the dreams of African American leaders in the DMV community.

• On August 17th, 2018, Tiffany was a guest speaker for the Girls Who Code summer immersion Program in Manhattan, New York. The mission of the Girls Who Code organization is to close the gender gap in technology.

Personal/Education

• Tiffany will be matriculating into Georgia Tech’s Master in Computer Science program Fall 2018. Tiffany plans on focusing her studies on artificial intelligence and machine learning applications with the hope of using those for future space exploration missions. Please learn more about Tiffany’s work at http://tiffanyndavis.com/ . Join Dr. Akoumany and her guests on the Blooming is A Habit Podcast as they discuss their journeys and their impactful interventions in the areas of Health & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Family, Relationships, Education, Science & Technology, Career & Business.

Follow Bloom on

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieakoumany.

Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

Black and brown girls act out in schools and at home when they feel disrespected, misunderstood, & overwhelmed by daily stressors and adverse childhood experiences. Rexanah Wyse, Esq., Founder of Empowered Strategies LLC @empowered_strategies LLC

https://instagram.com/empowered_strategies?igshid=1nn5ho8wlcahi joins us for Ep 3 to share how she helps educators to understand how shaming, stigmatizing, and unfairly expelling black & brown girls’ can increase girls’ entry into the juvenile justice system, thus stifling their chances of future academic, economic, and mental wellness. You can find her blog and contact her at https://www.empoweredstrategies.org. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blooming-is-a-habit-podcast-with-dr-stephanie-akoumany/id1480841080! Also you can connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rexwyse .

I asked Rexanah to come on because I felt that we both train teachers and administrators to ask girls empowering questions about who they are, who they want to be, what stresses them out, what helps them relieve daily stress, and what trauma (and adverse childhood experiences) they are coping with, and how teachers and parents can help can disrupt these girls entry into the school to prison pipeline.

Dr. Akoumany is host of Blooming is a Habit a podcast series highlighting innovative solutions to complex social challenges discovered by students, parents, educators, business professionals, business owners, and women & girls of all colors as they pursue their passions and create careers and/or businesses of their dreams.

Join Dr. Akoumany and her guests as they discuss their journeys and their impactful interventions in the areas of Health & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Family, Relationships, Education, Science & Technology, Career & Business.Rexanah P. Wyse, Esq.

Guest Bio:

Rexanah Wyse, Esq. is the founder of Empowered Strategies, a juvenile justice education firm outside of the Nation’s capital. Rexanah is a former prosecutor dedicated to changing the narrative for youth to thrive. Rexanah’s professional experiences center on policy, advocacy and direct service geared toward multicultural populations.

Rexanah has been a featured speaker at Towson University, University of Maryland, University of Baltimore School of Law, the Montgomery County Women’s Bar Foundation Preparing for Success Conference, and much more. She has participated as a commentator on the Montgomery County Week in Review Program and Comcast Newsmaker segment.

As a former prosecutor, Rexanah has given a number of presentations on truancy, early-prevention programs, internet safety, and healthy teen dating to educators, students, and families.

Rexanah is a graduate from the University of Baltimore School of law earning her Juris Doctor degree with a certificate in Public Service. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland-College Park earning her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice and minor in Human in Development.

She is a licensed member of the Maryland State Bar. Currently, Rexanah serves as a Pathways to Education Subcommittee Chair for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services State Advisory Board, Board of Directors for CARECEN DC, and is involved in the New Leaders Council-Speaker’s Bureau.

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Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

Want life changing career & self care tips to help Black Girls & Women, Girls & Women of Color, Allies and Everyone succeed in any field, secure mentors, and create a life of their dreams. Join Soon to be Dr. Donelle Boose @histartivist https://instagram.com/histartivist?igshid=xf7l0ux66evr and owner of Story Power History LLC https://www.linkedin.com/in/donelle-boose-86508736 for this amazing conversation.

The Blooming is a Habit Podcast helps women, girls, and well EVERYONE explore their passions and create a career and/or business of their dreams. We believe that everyone can offer revolutionary solutions to complex social challenges in the areas of

Health & Wellness

Family

Relationships

Education

Science & Technology

Career & Business

Let’s share habits that help us Bloom together! Connect with Bloom:

My major questions for Your Career and Business Interview:

1. What is your calling & why?

2. What is Story Power LLC and why does history, art, and activism matter to you?

3. Who inspires you the most and why?

4. What are the most important pieces of advice that you can share to help girls and women who:

-Are exploring what fields to enter into

-Are experiencing bias, microaggressions, and/or overt racism at school or work

-Want to organize to support black women and women of color businesses and economic success

5. How can black girls and women create habits and mindsets to help them harness feelings of abundance and recognize their skills, contributions, and worth?

6. What organizations are helping to prioritize women and girls’ economic empowerment and helping them gain needed skills to then find or create the career they want?

7. What can schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations do to help black girls and girls of color reach their highest potential?

8. Based on your research and work at Posse and Mikva, what technical, social emotional, and life skills will girls need to succeed?

9. What ideas and contributions would the 60 year old Donelle Boose regret not sharing with the world?

Guest Bio:

Donelle Boose is Chief Historian and Owner of Story Power History, LLC, a research and workshop for hire service in the field of American History. She has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Masters Degree from Cornell University, and is currently a PhD candidate at American University. Having worked for 10 years in youth development for nonprofits and with students in academia at Cornell University, American University, and Montgomery College, she is a skilled educator and workshop leader. Her passion is research, writing, and facilitating conversations in and among communities about the past so that we might all better understand our common humanity. Hailing from Lynchburg, Virginia, Donelle now splits her time between New Orleans and the metro DC area. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Dr. Stephanie Akoumany’s Bloom Wellness Summit 2019 and how schools can make girls’ and their teachers wellness a priority on Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

2009 Introduction of President Barack Obama at a televised White House press conference advocating for increased Pell Grants for college students from low to middle socio-economic statuses. https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

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Gmail: [email protected]

Nicole Ritter is a Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Health and Life Coach. Website: https://www.mrsnicoleritter.com . IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsnicoleritter

Nicole is passionate about showing women how to overcome their health challenges by getting to the root of their issues so that they may truly thrive in health and in life. She specializes in gut health and has helped her clients with issues such as IBS, bloating, constipation, psoriasis, eczema, fibromyalgia and leaky gut.

She began her own health and wellness journey three years ago to find answers to her health problems. Nicole helps people naturally heal through food, lose weight, identify food sensitivities, and improve their overall health and well being through customized Nutrition Counseling and Health Coaching.

We explore how food, ideas, and people can affect our health and ways to embrace self-care while honoring our other commitments and relationships. Podcast Questions.

1. When you meet with clients what are the top three things that they are suffering from and what are the causes or triggers?

2. How do you encourage and help them manage these issues and reclaim their health? On your website you discuss giving clients daily protocols.

3. What is holistic nutrition and inspired you to study it?

4. How did you turn your dream into a reality?

5. What challenges do you still face and how do you overcome them?

6. Holistic and functional doctors like Dr. Mark Hyman have recently highlighted the importance of gut health! How can we heal our guts and why should we? How do you help your clients do this?

7. There are so many diets: keto, Mediterranean, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, paleo etc. what is best for optimal health?

8. How can people use food to regulate their and their children’s emotions?

9. What meal prep tips could you share with busy professionals, educators, parents, and founders?

10. How did you help yourself to bloom into the person you are today and how are you helping others to bloom?

11. If someone listened to this podcast episode and only took away two habits that they should integrate in their lives what would they be?

12. How can our audience connect with you?. Connect with Dr. Stephanie Akoumany Website: http://justbloom.io IG @dr.stephanieakoumany https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanieakoumany/.

Email: [email protected] Dr. Stephanie Akoumany Featured Work:

- May 2019 article on Bloom Wellness Summit and how schools can make girls’ and their teachers wellness a priority on Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health’s Blog https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/blog/bloom-wellness-summit.

-National Association of Independent Schools Interview on Self-Care and Mindfulness Strategies For Educators following my workshop presentation at the 2018 NAIS POCC Conference https://youtu.be/w6p-Fyip5d0

-2009 Introduction of President Barack Obama at a televised White House press conference advocating for increased Pell Grants for college students from low to middle socio-economic statuses. https://www.c-span.org/video/?285476-1/president-obama-remarks-higher-education-policy

Set Your Intentions. Plant Your Seeds. 🌱

Design the Life and Community You Want! Let’s Bloom! Music: Petit Biscuit. Sunset Lover. 2015. Album Available at http://smarturl.it/PB_Presence

Zoe and Dr. Steph on making life an adventure