As the newly appointed Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services for the Buffalo Public School District and the Founder and Life Coach of Rooted to Thrive, LLC. Dr. Sharon Brown has dedicated her career to coaching others to successfully reach their goals. Sharon values her experiences as a former school counselor, assistant principal, school principal,
I have been praying for God to bless me with something that has been very special to me for a long time. I started to see the manifestation of that blessing recently and got super excited. Then a few mountains appeared, the blessing was still in sight, but those mountains surely put a huge damper
Daphne Ross is bothzaas well as the Senior Director of College Success and Communications for Say Yes Buffalo. This month, Daphne will be honored as one of Buffalo Business' First distinguished 40 under 40 award recipients. She works tirelessly to removes barriers to student achievement in the k-12 space, and mirrors those supports on college
I was switching my internet service over to Verizon Fios... finally. (Lol!) The morning of I was so excited because I had been waiting for their service to come to my area. The technician arrived right on schedule and was ready to get to work. It was a little rainy out so I asked her,
Kevin Ross has recentlybeen selected as a 2020 Black Achiever Award recipient, which adds to his growing list of accomplishments. He was promoted from Site Manager to Property Manager this year with the Belmont Management Company, proving that hard work and dedication pays off. If you know Kevin, his heart is as large as this
A few months ago, my friend was talking to me about her disappointment in (once again) not receiving an offer for a job she had applied for. She was upset because she knew she was qualified. Her goal was to secure a job where she could work from home permanently. This would give her the
Rashad was a panelist at the 2019 Champion Made Empowerment Summit. It was there that he shared a powerful story about his past. He revealed that the streets almost took him on a path he knew he wasn't destined for. Determined to make a change in his life, in September of 2009 he became a Buffalo
It's been a year to say the least. And the news about Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman just deepened the emotional rollercoaster many of us have experienced throughout 2020. I literally turned over and cried myself to sleep, but first not without noticing one of the scriptures I have on my wall. “And I will do
Rosalind Burgin is celebrating a recent career leap as she began her joint realty business venture, Mootry, Murphy & Burgin Realty Group LLC. Launching a business in the midst of a worldwide pandemic has only strengthened the values that she believes in and reflect on what means the most. She has 12 years of experience
The older I get, the more conscious I become of these phrases: "Be careful what you put out in the atmosphere", and "Life and Death is in the Power of the tongue." I truly believe that the things we speak- we give life to, and so I carefully watch what I say out loud. I hear
