MIND, HEART, HAIR, BODY & SOUL

Nakeisha Geddes is a Co-Author of 100 Voices of Inspiration, Awakening & Empowerment and is currently writing her memoir. She is a writer by day and a reader by night.  At the tender age of sixteen (16), Nakeisha was living on her own with little or no support. She has faced many challenges and obstacles throughout her life; however due to great determination to succeed, she is currently living a life that she is proud of.  Nakeisha is full of life and has a way about her that makes everyone feels zestful. She is a wife and a proud mother of four (4) children. Nakeisha has been working with ind ividuals with Developmental Disabilities for eleven (11) years and she is very passionate about her work and the people she supports daily. A strong advocate for fairness and equality she oftentimes finds herself advocating for people who are not able to adequately represent themselves.  Nakeisha’s motto is “Never regret your past: because it’s your past tha...

Shanitria N. Kittrell is business strategist with over 10 years’ experience in business management and sustainability, quality assurance, training, and customer service. Her professional strengths include motivational speaking and leadership, effective communication, managing and leading diverse groups of individuals. Currently, Shanitria owns and operates three businesses’. Amazing Testimonies Incorporated, a non-profit organization whose mission is to address social issues in South Carolina through community collaborations/partnerships, advocacy, education, mentoring, and assistance, and enhance youth leadership through community service project developments and implementations; Outreach Services LLC, a Business Consulting and Life Coaching Firm, and Katering By Kittrell, a full service catering establishment. Shanitria obtained her BSBA from Southern Wesleyan University in 2009, and she is actively pursuing a Double Masters’ Degree in Counseling, and Business Admini...

It’s never too late! You can’t allow any mistakes from your past to hinder you from moving forward in your purpose and God’s promise for your life. Minister Almena L. Mayes is a firm believer in this. As a junior at North Carolina A&T State University, Almena found herself pregnant and unwed. She left school to provide for her child and after two failed marriages and two more children found herself spinning her wheels and at a perpetual stand still.  Taking this situation in hand, Almena returned to school. Graduating with honors, she earned a degree in Professional English/ Writing from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Almena is a licensed minister who serves as an associate at Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenton, North Carolina and as Executive Pastor for the Soul Restoration Center in Dallas, Georgia. She also serves as a facilitator for the Pink Pulpit, a ministry founded and directed by Dr. Marilyn Porter. The Pink Pulpit provid...

Hetlena Johnson, Ed.S is a Digital Resource Coordinator for Richland School District 2 in Columbia, SC. Her career in education spans a fifteen-year period in which time, she has accomplished much as a classroom teacher, professional development trainer, data analysis and research field coordinator, speaker and certified National School Reform Faculty Critical Friends Group Coach.  Under the leadership of Hetlena, Lupus Columbia South Carolina (LCSC), the nonprofit she founded to raise awareness of and advocacy for lupus patients like herself in South Carolina; caught the eye of The National Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) and is now the only South Carolina lupus nonprofit associated with the national organization.  Hetlena serves as the Chief Volunteer Officer of the  newly transitioned LFA South Carolina Community Partner (LFASCCP). Hetlena has been integral in bringing lupus to the forefront of awareness in South Carolina.  She leads and coor...