Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Gary Edwards | Credit Repair Consultant

A lot of us weren’t taught financial literacy while growing up. My business help increase the importance of financial knowledge, so people can have a better navigation of their financial futures, make smarter spending choices and using credit wisely. My goal is to have families build generational wealth, break generational curses and help them regain their ability to have their buying power back. Read more>>

Shahreen Elahi | Founder & CEO

Maktub Mentors brings together professionals of a number of fields who are passionate about their careers and driven to pass on their experiences and guidance to members of the refugee community who strive to advance their careers by pursuing higher education or finding job opportunities. While simply adjusting to resettling in a new country can be difficult, there are a number of other barriers to navigate around including language barriers, incomplete education, financial pressures, and lack of familiarity with the U.S. education and career system. Read more>>

Fern Johnson | Founder

Career Sisters ™ is here to help forge the careers and businesses of women of color. We are a place where sisters can connect and emerge empowered. Our Community Career Sisters was established in 2018 out of the need to establish resources for Women of Color in their careers and entrepreneurial endeavors. Career Sisters offers a safe space for Women of Color to: Learn and Grow Collaborate and share their experiences and how they navigated the nuances of corporate organizations Connect and E.M.E.R.G.E. By empowering women – our concept is simple, “Creating spaces where every day accomplished women were invited to collaborate, share their experiences and how they navigated the nuances of corporate organizations as well as establishing their own businesses.” Read more>>

Ashli Goudelock | Certified Organic Formulator & Owner of The Tsuri Company

I am all about women empowerment. I am surrounded by strong, resilient, successful, smart, beautiful women on a daily basis and I am constantly in awe of them. From my family, to my friends, to my network of business connections, I am abundantly blessed by the amazing women in my life that I depend on, confide in and ultimately draw strength from. In having such close relationships, I realize that it is common place for women to pour into everyone else around them and to forget completely about their own wellbeing. I vow to change that through Tsuri, by providing an escape from everyday stressors and creating a much-needed focus on self-care for the modern woman. Read more>>