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Dr. Christine Kozachuk Helps Girls Achieve Education to Win at Life

In Publisher Channel, womensempowerment by Mary Kurek

Dr. Christine Kozachuk was a child bride with babies on each hip + 1 by 18 years of age.  Abused, and without completion of education, money, or transportation, she took off to find a new and better life for herself and her children.  She found a new and better life through education.  It is now Dr. Kozachuk’s mission to help …

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Dr. Rollan Roberts on How He is Transforming Africa Using His Corporate Experience

In Africa, Africa Innovators and Influencers, Diplomat, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

His Excellency, Dr. Rollan Roberts was raised a son of a pastor in a West Virginia “holler.”  That boy with the spiritual upbringing moved into the real estate profession and ended up, as he says, “making more money than anyone I knew.”  He added that experience to his spiritual upbringing and moved it into a corporate space, climbing into the …

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Life Lab – Developing Assets Series on Verbalizing Who You Need in Your Network

In Life Lab by Mary Kurek

The first in the Developing Assets Series for our Life Lab is a basic short tutorial on the importance of being able to verbalize who you need in your network.  Your most important business asset is your network; an asset you will utilize over and over again to achieve goals.  But it requires some very specific attention to grow and manage …

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Elaine Sugar Helps Children Find Their Voice and Build Self-Esteem

In Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Elaine Sugar is the Founder and CEO of Kids More S.U.G.A.R., LLC.  She’s on a mission to help teens learn about financial basics and discover their own voice.  She wants children of all ages to learn that they are valued, and she accomplishes her mission through programs and podcasts, which are being happily embraced by her community.  The local Police …

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Judith Getugi Founded WeRBinti To Help African Women in Healthcare Careers

In Africa, Africa Innovators and Influencers, Life Lab by Mary Kurek

Judith Getugi of Kenya is a Pharmacist with a serious understanding of the hardship of young African women who are in or heading into a healthcare career.  She founded WeRBinti to bring global mentorship to an organized format to help young women in this space grow, excel, and learn all the pieces of entrepreneurship and personal care to make the …

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Paul Webb Brings Together Experts on Clean Energy to Help Save the Planet

In energy, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Paul Webb’s father pushed him toward energy as a career.  He listened and got a job at a nuclear power station.  Paul remembers having to navigate through protesters to get to his job and talks about how he could hear the sounds of power “screaming” through the night…a loud, invasive, industrial sound.  He knew there was a better way. Paul’s …

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Daughters Global Leadership Mentoring Program

In Empowerment, News, Youth by Mary Kurek

What is Daughters Global? Global 4-month program Girls 13-18  (Must read and write in English) Parental Supervision of Mentoring Process Required Leadership Mentoring Produced by:  Frontrunners Development, Inc. & Sub Saharan Open University Endorsed by:  Youthgether Global Mentors are trained and experienced in mentoring In the fall of 2020, one of our Frontrunners Innovate articles caught the attention of a …

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Young Poets from Daughters Global Meet Pulitzer-Nominated Poet Peter Makuck

In Africa, Art and Culture, Live Introductions by Mary Kurek

One of my favorite things to do as a mentor is to introduce mentees to people and experiences they might not ever have gotten the opportunity to enjoy.  An event like this happened in the first week of April, 2021 when I introduced our two youngest Frontrunners League members, Namara Lwansa and Chaitali Sinha, who are both poets (published on …

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Festus Kiplagat of Green Planet Initiative in Africa is Organizing Thousands of Farmers to Improve Agriculture

In Africa, Africa Innovators and Influencers, Agriculture, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Festus Kiplagat is a charismatic leader, advocate, agriforestry expert, and founder, but, he’s something more:  He’s a grower from Kenya and very proud to be one.  He wants youth around Africa to feel the same passion he has for the soil and to develop and nurture it in order to  save the continent and the entire planet. If you talk …

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Pamela Bolado and Alana Stott of Women Who Do Wonders Share the Wonders They are Doing

In Publisher Channel, womensempowerment by Mary Kurek

By Mary Kurek Pamela Bolado and Alana Stott became fast friends and business partners after our Frontrunners introduction in 2020. More than that, it may well be that they are actually related due to Scottish ancestry and a shared family name. The two of them are powerful women leaders in their own right.  Pamela, who is the founder and CEO …