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Dynamic Strategist: Leading with Passion & Purpose

​I've spent over 15 years inside higher education finance — not as a spectator, but as the person responsible for the portfolio, the audit, the board relationship, and the compliance framework that holds institutions together.

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As Finance & Operations Specialist at Suffolk County Community College Foundation, I oversee a multimillion-dollar investment portfolio and serve as the primary liaison to the Board of Directors. As an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Business Administration, I bring the same rigor to the classroom. And as a Peer Evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, I've assessed institutional quality from the inside — a perspective that sharpens everything I do.

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My work extends beyond the institution. I'm the founder of Your Opening Statement — a personal styling practice for professional women who want their appearance to speak before they do. And I'm the author of a biblical financial literacy workbook designed to help individuals transform their relationship with money through scripture and practice.

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I hold an EdD in Community College Leadership from Morgan State University and an MBA in Management from Hofstra University. I'm rooted in Queens, New York — and guided by purpose in everything I build.

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Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Business 

  • Business Communication

  • Entrepreneurship 

  • Management Principles

  • Office Management

  • Organizational Behavior 

  • Supervision 

  • Workplace Skills 

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

May 2020

Morgan State University

Ed.D in Community College Leadership

May 2009

Hofstra University

M.B.A. Management

May 2001

Syracuse University

B.S. Finance

B.A. English & Textual Studies

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