debra_3 debra_2 debra_1 President and CEO of BYOU National Empowerment Speaker Single Mom To Her Daughter Ella

 

Oprah? It can happen!

Yes, Oprah! And I need YOUR help to make it happen! I just uploaded a video on the Oprah website auditioning to have my own TV talk show to help girls around the world on Oprah Winfrey’s new network, OWN. If there was ever a time you wanted to stand behind the mission to empower girls [...]


Saturday June 26 2010

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Looking for Participants for Self-Esteem Video!

Thank you to everyone who responded to my self-esteem survey! Your input and opinions are very appreciated! If you haven’t yet taken the survey, it will be open a bit longer; you may access it by going to this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LT3Y535. Everyone who completes the survey is automatically entered into a drawing for two to [...]


Monday June 14 2010

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Building self-esteem: Would you like to help?

As you may know, I’m quite passionate about building the self-esteem of young girls, and as a national speaker and the author of the Heartlight Girls series, I’ve always felt the motivation to do so. Yet as I write this today on my daughter’s eighth birthday (Happy Birthday Ella!), it is in my role as [...]


Monday May 24 2010

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Making the World a Better Place Premieres!

As the Director for the Young Authors League (YAL) and the President of the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and inspiring school-age children to read and write, I’ve very excited to share our lastest project! This past year, YAL organized a Student Short Story Writing Competition titled, “Making [...]


Saturday April 3 2010

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