My guest is Seattle native Wyjuana Montgomery, who is an International Speaker and 2X award-winning author and the personality behind WYJUANA SPEAKS. She holds a B.A. in African & African-American Studies from Duke University and a M.A. in Organizational Management from Ashford University.
Fueled by her passion for mentoring, she founded Reach Forward in 2014, which is now Reach Forward Foundation, a nonprofit mentorship program for youth in grades 6-12. In October 2020, Reach Forward Foundation was recognized by the Journal Record, a prominent Oklahoma City-based business publication, as one of five 2020 Programs Making A Difference.
Wyjuana also created the NO FEAR Ladies Conference in 2014, which empowers and inspires women and teen girls from across Oklahoma and the United States. In 2016, she published her first book, Bold, Brave and Courageous: A NO FEAR Success Guide for Teen Girls, which earned the 2018 Feathered Quill Bronze Award for Teen Nonfiction and 2018 IAN Outstanding Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Her book has been adopted by schools and girls programs across the country and overseas.
In 2017, Wyjuana received the Women of Color Expo’s Impact Woman of the Year Award for her community work. Wyjuana Montgomery’s career has spanned from community relations for NBA and WNBA teams, to galvanizing women to support her local Girl Scout organization and currently she is a Director of K12 Implementation for an award-winning international educational technology company. She continues traveling the world, using the WYJUANA SPEAKS platform to share her message of NO FEAR and women’s and youth empowerment.
Wyjuana is now at work on a second book, The Pain of Being Destined for More and continues to grow the Reach Forward Foundation. She is also a wife of 21+ years,a mother and mentor to many.
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You can connect with through her website at https://www.wyjuana.com/, and on Facebook or Instagram @ wyjuana.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
*2021 Black Bold Beautiful Bazaar (Feb. 27, 2021) https://www.facebook.com/events/1077617472701947/
> UPDATE: Wyjuana will not be able to attend this event as planned. An autographed copy of her book can be purchased at http://www.paypal.me/reachforward/17
Wyjuana Speaks https://www.wyjuana.com/
Reach Forward Foundation https://reachforward.wixsite.com/reachforward
Bold, Brave and Courageous: A NO FEAR Success Guide for Teen Girls https://www.wyjuana.com/bold-brave-and-courageous
Additional resources https://www.linktr.ee/wyjuana
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