AWARD WINNING AND FORTUNE 500 SPEAKER AND FEATURED ON:
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WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE ULTIMATE GAME CHANGER 2017
Career Highlights:
  • Founded her company, Headbands of Hope, when she was 19
  • Winner of Women's Health Magazine Ultimate Game Changer
  • 2x Speaker of the Year recipient by CAMPUSPEAK
  • Awarded Most Outstanding Young Alumni by NC State University
  • Started speaking professionally at the age of 20
  • Created Mic Drop Workshop to help more women tell their story on stage
  • Named Entrepreneur of the Year by Atlantic BT
  • Named Limit Breaking Female Founder by The Huffington Post
  • Named Top 36 Social Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2018 by Causeartist
  • Named Top Female Entrepreneur in the Triangle by StartupGrind
  • Keynoted the largest leadership event in the country, streaming to over 100,000 people in 22 countries 
  • Media appearances: Today Show, Good Morning America, Teen Vogue, Seventeen Magazine, CNBC, NBC News, and more
  • She helps inmates get jobs and start businesses
  • Her first sentence she ever spoke was "go away" to her sister
  • Voted audience favorite at dozens of events
  • Once brushed shoulders with Morgan Freeman in an elevator
  • Sold all of her American Girl Dolls on eBay when she was 12
  • Taught her dog to sit, lay, and roll over 
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