About the Author

DR. IRMA MCCLAURIN, a Black Feminist Speaker and the CEO of Irma McClaurin Solutions (IMS), aka McClaurin Solutions--a leadership consulting business. She is an activist anthropologist, award-winning author, black feminist archive founder, diversity champion, and community engagement specialist. She specializes in helping others find immediate and sustainable solutions to emerging and urgent issues. She is also a Solutions Executive and a past president of Shaw University, former Chief Diversity Officer at Teach For America, free-lance writer and editor, and mentor who has committed her life and career to helping others transform the world. She holds a PhD and MA in Anthropology and the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in English, both from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.