Dear, I Am My Sister Online Family,

I Am My Sister was started from my desire to create a support system for others that my grandmother, aunt, and family were for me and my sister. Being born to a teen mother who would spend more than half of my life on drugs and a father that, as a child, I thought I would never come to know created several emotional challenges: fear of abandonment, feeling isolated, and not feeling good enough.

Eventually, I would become a teen mom to a beautiful little girl and marry young on a search to give my daughter the family that I so longed for and in hopes that it would take all my hurts and insecurities away.

Through many life experiences, professionally and personally, I would hear many stories that would all return to a lack of self-love. I would listen to the struggles of my sister as she longed to have love from our mom that she just wasn’t capable of giving. There had to be a way to help and pour into others, as I had been poured into for so many years. I began networking and researching to figure out the needs in my community. Is there a need for what I have to offer? I desired to start an organization for teen girls that would become their support system. It would be there when faced with defining moments in their lives when dealing with self-esteem issues, break-ups, college questions, finding a job, questions about sex, possibly teen pregnancy, or how to be a great teen parent. We would be there to help them develop skills and to provide resources. It would also be a way for my sister to know that she was not alone and that I understood that I was HER and she was ME; it would be called I Am My Sister.

Now, I am married to a fantastic man who supports my goals and dreams and contributes to them as the Executive Director of I Am My Brother. I am a mom of four beautiful daughters with an extensive background in Non-Profit Management, Human Resources Management, Business Development and Management, and Corporate Training; I know there’s success on the other side.

We all have defining moments, but they don’t define us. The collection of those defining moments will ultimately tell our story.

Humbled,