The G.O.O.DLife Online radio show promotes a commitment to a lifestyle of resourcefulness. Hosts Adiagha and Shea provide a platform for "out of the box discourse" that compels their audience to confront life challenges in an innovative fashion. Guests will include a range of enterprising individuals who have turned setbacks into triumphs. This episode features Deirdre Simmons. Deirdre Simmons is a graduate of Purdue University with a B.A. degree in Organizational Communications with minors in Management and Supervision. She has a certification as a PHR-Professional in Human Resources and as an Equal and Civil Rights Advisor. She is the immediate past president for the Gateway Chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management garnering the Silver Award for Excellence under her leadership and formerly served as the workforce readiness chair where she delivered seminars to ex-offenders through United Way. At St. Paul Baptist Church in Montclair, NJ, she worked with the health ministry, women’s ministry and as a missionary. Her mission trip to Ghana was one of her first true experiences in being able to shape the lives of youth. She has been a guest speaker at Achievement First Charter School on their career day and delivered workforce readiness seminars for students. Deirdre has also worked as servant leader at her current St. Paul Comm Baptist Church in Brooklyn, as a volunteer in the multi-media ministry, Griot (photographers), LinkedIn network (workforce readiness initiatives) and the youth ministry. Deirdre has been married to her husband, Minister Jerry Simmons for 6 years. Deirdre Simmons also works with Streetwise Partners, an organization that assists people who are unemployed or underemployed and is currenlty launching Cast Your Net on the Right Side #NowWhat Conference which will take place May 2nd 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.