Meet the Winners
Summer 2020
Anna Ortiz-Aragon
Declutter With Anna
Anna Ortiz-Aragon, CEO & Founder of Declutter With Anna is a professional organizer, Usui Reiki Master & soulful entrepreneur. As a former classroom teacher & soon to be mom of two, Anna knows the power of the environment - inside & out.
Declutter With Anna is a holistic lifestyle brand empowering momtrepreneurs to simplify & organize their life. Anna offers a Soulful Entrepreneurship Mastermind, membership, E-books & online courses.
Arron Coleman
Heart Warming Health Care
Hello my name is Arron Coleman. I’m the proud owner/CEO of Heartwarming Healthcare Service. After working in the Healthcare field for over a decade, I decide I wanted to build my own home health company. Targeting the poverty and low income to offer my home health care services. Utilizing a team
of experience healthcare practitioners, to not only help save lives but help heal lives one client at a time.
Heartwarming health care was created to target the poverty- stricken communities with offered health care service to the low income/ no income communities. Main services what would be provided is assistance with bathing, cooking, doc visits, shopping and light housekeeping duties. Other service would be assisting clients with tools provided to apply for medical assistance.
Dr. Amber M Jones & Maria Jones
The Grind Organization
Drs. Amber and Maria Jones co-founded The GRIND Organization and designed the GRIND Journal and Framework after their own inspirations and struggles in social justice work.
The GRIND Organization uses a research based framework to support change agents in mindful social justice work. The GRIND Journal beautifully merges planning with advocacy.
Frenchi L. Turner
Smart Talented Leaders Scholars Program, Inc.
Our team consists of first-generation, minority and underprivileged alumni who see themselves as leading a movement to prepare Student Leaders of Tomorrow vs. just being an organization.
The Smart Talented Leaders Scholars Program was formed to support first-generation, minority, and underprivileged students from all cultural backgrounds who are pursuing a degree or certificate in a Career & Technical Education discipline at a Missouri college, university, or trade school.
Fridaouss Nabine
fyrst gen
Fridaouss Nabine is an experienced tech marketer and first generation American, college grad, and professional. She draws on her experiences to curate Fyrst Gen, a platform enriching the first generation experience with resources, stories, and a digital community.
Fyrst gen is a community-driven platform that connects first gens to resources. Through storytelling, content curation, and digital gatherings, we help bridge the gap with organizations who wish to connect with this audience.
Giovanni Liotta
Sport Dojo
Before founding Sport Dojo, I have been a researcher and teacher in the fields of Data Science and Innovation Management at a leading Swiss academic institution. I have also managed the deployment of digital projects in the consumer product manufacturing space across Europe and US at a Fortune500 company.
Sport Dojo is a data analytics company that helps amateur sport coaches through technology to be more efficient in using time and more effective in shaping their athletes’ development.
Isabel Carson & Kiki Ogino
Kork
Kork is a women-owned online wine platform founded by WashU students, Isabel Carson and Kiki Ogino. Kork connects wine makers, wine drinkers, and wine masters for online tastings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ketura Wash
Kindred Kenekshen
Native St. Louisan. Proud vegan since 2018, avid animal rights activist with various degrees, and a vegan foodie. Passionate about increasing conversations about healthy living and good food in the Black Community.
A Good Day to Be Black & Vegan creates conversations about plant-based eating through education and food guidance in Black spaces. Teaching others to embrace healthy eating without disrupting their pallets.
Lungile Tshuma & Pralabh Garg
Oystar
Passionate entrepreneurs born in India and Zimbabwe that are mastering the intersection of technology, business and people for a profound impact on those we come across.
Oystar is an online platform uncovering global opportunities by giving international student talent, US colleges, and funding access to each other.
Rajiv Ravulapati
JIV's Indian BBQ
Rajiv Ravulapati is the owner, founder and chef of JIV's Indian BBQ. JIV's Indian BBQ is currently a 1 man operation.
JIV’s Indian BBQ is a catering and pop-up dining operation with a weekly, rotated menu. JIV’s Indian BBQ exists to unite Indian flavor with traditional American barbecue.
Sarah Williams
Sweet Balance
Our team consists of first-generation, minority and underprivileged alumni who see themselves as leading a movement to prepare Student Leaders of Tomorrow vs. just being an organization.
Sweet Balance is a virtual nutrition counseling service that focuses on adult weight loss and gives clients access to expert nutrition care safely from their homes.
Shanae Ullman
Nerdy Diva
CEO and Founder of Nerdy Diva. UX Design Leader, Speaker, Author, Educator with over a decade of experience in Fortune 500 companies, higher education, and consulting practice.
An innovative digital agency with expertise in UX research, design, and accessibility. We solve technical problems with a human-centered approach
Simiya Sudduth
Tha Muthaship
Simiya is a mother, artist, doula, Usui Reiki
Master, yoga and meditation teacher with an
approach to wellness work that is rooted in social
justice.
THA MUTHASHIP is a pop-up mobile wellness
studio and urban farm project centering wellness,
food and health sovereignty for people of color.
Symone Palmer
For Black Creatives
Symone Palmer is a freelance graphic designer and creative entrepreneur with a passion for branding and activism, which consistently fuels her work.
For Black Creatives is a clothing and accessory brand that exists to inspire the next generation to create history by offering products that motivate the creative spirit.
Tanisha Luckett
HenRose Cares Inc
I am a college graduate who had to take out student loans to help with some college necessities. Even though I had scholarships it wasn't enough to avoid student loan debt, and I wanted to create a platform where donors could come together to be a village for students in need.
The mission of HenRose Cares, Inc is to assist Pell grant eligible college and trade school students from underserved communities who are facing financial barriers with post-secondary essentials through direct support and/or crowdfunding.
