Meet The Co-Authors
Foreword writer
Shirley Charles Robinson
Author, "Hearts Cry: Made With Purpose For A Purpose" & Podcast Host, Purposeful Living Podcast
Co-Authors
Glascow Suarez Bart, MBA
Glascow Bart is an Afro-Latino man whose inspirational journey started in Elizabeth, NJ. Glascow has an avid passion for health and wellness, meditation, gourmet, cooking, journaling, sports documentaries and researcher of positive solutions for men and women of color, on fighting, surviving, and coping with past trauma.
Co-Author
Derek J. Dent
Derek is well respected professional visual artists, internationally recognized for his work in graphic art, illustration, design, drawing, painting, collage and assemblage.
Co-Author
Vonetta Hawkins
Vonetta is the President and CEO of Home Sweet Home Realty Group. Home Sweet Home Realty Group was born with one goal in mind: Create a platform that would transform lives through real estate.
Vonetta has over 30 years in the Banking and Finance Industry.
Co-Author
Dr. Flora Luyando
Dr. Flora's mission is to provide Eastern and Western treatments to all who seek to live a healthy and balanced life. Flora Healing Bodyworks knows that staying healthy is an art that continues to blossom when embraced by a safe, warm, and loving touch.
Dr. Flora is a committed member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Co-Author
Dr. Detrick McGriff
Dr. McGriff is an educational leader working in the Norristown Area School District. His career spans over 25 years and contains a diversity of experiences- classroom educator to district level administrator that have allowed him to demonstrate what works in public education. He specializes in Technology, STEM and Cultural Proficiency to impact organizational change.
Co-Author
Dr. Larider Ruffin
Dr. Ruffin is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Chair of the MSN Post-Master Certificate programs.
CEO at Ruffin Associates Medical Group. Dr. Ruffin's extraordinary and sustained scholarly work has been disseminated in the US, Spain, France, and Haiti through various presentations.