Tanzania is from Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies- Human Resources and Society with Sociology Cognate. She is the Founder and President of Sistah Sistah Entrepreneurs network. This is a worldwide movement to connect young girls and women together by providing a safe space to transform their lives through self-empowerment, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and technology. Within two years, she has impacted the lives of over 100 girls and women. This platform creates unity among women of color.
She is also the Founder and Executive Director of H.Y.P.E-Helping Young People Evolve. The mission is to serve youth in the most vulnerable communities by providing mentoring, leadership development, self-empowerment, and career and college readiness opportunities to prepare youth on a road to success. The program focuses on social and emotional development through the “Positive Decision Making” curriculum as well as teaching youth the art of mime to build their confidence and self-esteem. She secured multiple partnerships with funders, schools, and nonprofit organizations. She has impacted over 1,100 children, youth, and families in Washington, DC.
In June 2016, she received the “Youth Leadership and Advocacy Community Impact” award from the In Her Honor Of Celebrating Community Service in Pleasant Plains and Parkview” annual gala. She also received the “best mini-grant recipient” award for HYPE from Far Southeast Collaborative in April 2018. She is very passionate about making a difference in low-income communities and teaching youth how to become change agents. She recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with her Masters in Business Administration with a 3.9 GPA. She is in the National Honors Society as well. She went to South Africa in the summer of 2019 for Study Abroad. She has two other businesses which are ImanT Apparel and Fair Consulting.
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