In today’s podcast, we bring back our talk with Jovon and Steven Gerald. Jovon is the founder and executive director of G.I.R.L Inc., which stands for Got the Intelligence to Rule my Life, which is a 501(c)3 organization founded to mentor and nurture young girls ages 10 to 16 whose parents are or were incarcerated, deployed by the military, or absent in their lives.
Jovon has worked as a manager of Student Success and is a 6th-grade science and history teacher at KIPP DC Public Charter School. She holds an MBA in Business from Averett University and a BA in Communications, Public Relations/ African American Studies from Virginia State University.
She's a member of District Mother Hue Society, The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and Chair of the Virginia State University Alumni Association's Book Scholarship. In addition to being an educator, Jovon is also a musician, public speaker, and advocate for children's civil rights and human rights, social action, economic empowerment and poverty alleviation, science and technology, and social services.
Steven Gerald works in business management and in his free time, coaches for Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL). The team is called “Team Takeover” (TTO), which he's been coaching for 15 years. He also loves to talk about mental health and wellness.
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