Title: CEO & Founder

Company:  Empowerment Associates LLC

Location:  Las Vegas, NV United States

Achievements:

• Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2021)
• HRM-SCP Talent Connections, LLC Certification (2019)
• Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Customer Service  Excellent Nominee (2017)
• Oregon State Governor’s Cup for Community Service Award (2014)
• Lane County Chamber Business Excellent Service Award (2010)
• Lakota Sioux Native American Navy Warriors Medal of Valor (2006)
• Oregon Educational Achievement Award (2004)
• Keynote Speaker for the Salem OR NAACP Annual Educational Forum (2003)
• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, Rho Omicron Chapter Exemplifying Finer Woman-Hood Award (2002)
• Marquis Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior College (1994)
• Dorothy Higgins Memorial Scholarship (1994)
• Malcolm X Memorial Fund Scholarship (1994)
• United States Navy, Honorable Discharge (1991)

Designations: 

• D.Ed. in Education Policy & Management (Human Capital Management), University of Oregon | Doctoral Diversity Building Scholarship
• MS in Workforce Education Development (Training & Development), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• BA in Rhetoric & Communication (Journalism), & BA in Sociology, University of California-Davis | Minority Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
• AA in Liberal Arts, Solano Community College, Suisun, CA | Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
• Diploma, John Adams High School, Queens, NY

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