We are so inspired by the businesses in our community because of how many of them are committed to helping to make the world better than it is today. Check out some great businesses below and how they are helping others.

Evonna N. Christmon | The Motherhood Healer

My name is Evonna Christmon, affectionately known as The Motherhood Healer. I love what I do! I’m a Birth Doula and founder of the doula practice Earthside with Evonna Birth Services. I illuminate ancestral knowledge through birth work, and create nonjudgmental space for black pregnant families to have access to quality professional labor support, nutritional education, and information and resources to make informed decisions about their pregnancy and birth. Doulas are trained birth advocates that provide spiritual, physical, emotional, and informational support to women during labor, birth, and in the immediate postpartum period. Read more>>

Earah Harris | Owner & Creative Director

Well there are several reason’s why I do what I do. TreatsPhoria Baked Goods and Sweets is almost 5 years in existence and I’ve had the gift of baking since I was 8 years old, and I noticed other gifts began to follow: God blessing me with love, kindness, patience, decorating skills, drawing and painting, and different ways to pivot in the baking business. Through my years of experience of showing good customer service through previous occupations, prayers, and serving others in various ways such as in churches or other places. Read more>>

Oprah Zeon | Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

I am the founder and CEO of A Journey to Empowerment, LLC, which is a Christian counseling practice. My services have a profound impact on the lives of families, individuals and communities by helping them navigate through difficult situations in their lives such as grief/loss, depression, anxiety, marital/family issues, trauma, etc. Read more>>

Alexis Davis | Psychotherapist/Clinical Supervisor

At Inneractions Therapy we value our client’s goals to achieve success in their social and emotional wellbeing. Our therapeutic approach is to use our client’s strengths and interests to create personal growth and powerful change. Depending on their strengths, interests and abilities, we may use approaches such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Play Therapy, Experiential Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Dialectal Behavioral Therapy techniques. Our techniques are grounded in evidence-based practices and developed to meet each client’s needs. We utilize these approaches through discussions, art, technology, play, creative expressive therapy, therapeutic gaming, mindfulness, team challenges, and psychoeducation. Read more>>

Quintin Bostic, Ph.D. | Co-Founder Marcus North, Ph.D. | Co-Founder | Co-Founders

It is imperative that our nation, especially our educational community, embrace its cultural diversity in all its aspects. While many educational communities have talked about justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and antiracism, we believe that many of these educational spaces have only touched the surface of what needs to be addressed to truly make a difference. Our mission at Elevated Ed is to prove that in order to increase student achievement and understand students with various cultural identities and experiences, we as educators must be willing to step into a space of discomfort and identify the origin of our prejudices (intentional or unintentional). Read more>>