I'm a Christian, wife, mother and entrepreneur in the Midwest.

A little about me

I'm a wife, mother and entrepreneur. I enjoy exploring new places, ideas and experiences.

My work has been featured in Forbes, TIME, ELLE, Essence, NPR, Glamour Magazine and Fast Company, among others.

After 10+ years as an entrepreneur, I'm currently taking a break from teaching business online.

You can check out my work on Instagram or Threads. To get in touch, drop me a line. Please note that I no longer do calls, coaching or meetings.

What I've been working on

Though I've been an entrepreneur for over a decade, this year is about getting back to the basics & looking towards what is right in front of me — my Lord, my family and the ground under my feet.  

I pressed pause on social media. I closed enrollment in Morning Assembly indefinitely. I allowed old friendships to fizzle & new ones to form. I stripped down my email list. I gave birth to our second child.

I decided to focus on growing our family business instead of teaching the art of business.

Prior to Morning Assembly, I coached entrepreneurs and launched, bought and sold different online businesses.

Before that, I built (and later sold) Travel Noire, the largest platform of its kind for travelers of the African Diaspora. This business landed us in Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in the World, among other press.

Business should be simple

I didn't go to school for business. I was a biology major who cloned a gene when I was 19.

Moving to India in my twenties was a deep dive into doing the most with the least and in 2013, I decided I wanted to pursue business.

Business is both as complicated and uncomplicated as many have suggested for hundreds of years. I believe that good business is simple. And it all starts with a solid foundation.

Places I'd like to experience

From the day I sold everything I owned and moved to India, I have loved travel. This eventually turned into Travel Noire.

Since selling the company in 2017, my approach to travel has deepened, and my commitment to exploring the ongoing tension in travel (now with my family) still holds true.

Below are both places I love & those I have yet to experience.

Europe

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Croatia

Cinque Terre Ridge Trail

Riomaggiore to Porto Venere, Italy

Antiqvvm

Porto, Portugal

Lake Bled

Slovenia

Constance

Matthew FitzSimmons

Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

Harvey Penick & Bud Shrake

Gunmetal Gray

Mark Greaney

Back Blast

Mark Greaney

What I'm reading

This year, I want to try something new — open up my personal library of books I've read and am currently reading.

I've also committed to renting more books from my local library. I'm sure my wallet will thank me.