Meet the Founder
Dr. Shauntazia Shorter
I am Shauntazia Shorter, the manifestation of peace and blessings earned with every lesson learned. I was designed to birth and rear a new nation of leaders, thinkers, strivers, and survivors. My mission is to teach others to embrace their dreams and discover the best version of themselves--a version without flaws and possessing all power. Because of my mission, obstacles dissipate effortlessly when I connect with my source and sense of purpose.
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I survived generational trauma and healed myself through art, education, spiritual self-discovery, and mentorships. As an alchemical healer, I teach people like me to do the same.
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As a public school educator with a background in Literacy, Curriculum and Instruction, Exceptional Education (EE), Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and Leadership, I quickly realized that our children and their families need real solutions to daily issues that supercede education. I have taken my skills and created programming that meets families where they are, and takes them where they want to be.
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I connect with students and parents who find themselves at the intersections of trauma, poverty, and gentrification battling on all fronts, and I show them what it looks like to not just survive but thrive because I have been there too. I show them that you can be different, educated, and successful.
Meet the Team
Operations Director
Starr Mosley
Starr Mosley was born and raised in Memphis, TN. After graduating from the University of Memphis, she spent 15 years in various management/leadership roles in the airline industry. She married her husband, Jonathan, in 2008 and they have 2 kids (8 & 5). They had discussed leaving Memphis for years. When an opportunity opened at Nashville International Airport in 2019, it was an offer she couldn’t refuse. They moved to Nashville in September 2019, just before the pandemic. She continued in that role for 2 years (2019-2021, during the pandemic). Like many others, the effects of pandemic and being overworked took a huge toll on her mental health. She ultimately left the airline industry in 2021. She decided that she wanted to work for herself to have more control over her time in addition to financial freedom.
Recruitment Director
Deondrae Moore
Deondra A. Moore is a former serial entrepreneur, Certified Relationship and Intimacy Coach and mom of three girls. She has worked in a myriad of industries including healthcare, entertainment, law, finance, corporate, agriculture and customer service. As a long time Nashville transplant, Deondra is passionate about connections, relationships and communication. A single mom herself, she constantly affirms her children and reminds them to recognize their true power, even in their formative years. She has an Associate's Degree in Paralegal Studies and is currently a Psychology student with a goal of becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist.
Mental Health Director
Christal Pennic
Christal R Pennic, LPC-MHSP is a native of Nashville and a graduate of both U of Memphis undergrad and Trevecca Nazarene University for grad school.
She is a Grief Wellness Educator and Licensed Mental Health Therapist with experience providing grief support services through her church, community mental health programs and in her private practice, Tittle-Pennic Grief Counseling & Consulting, LLC.
PR Manager
Tamara Tuckson
Tamara Tuckson is a special education advocate and a IEP consultant. She is the founder and CEO of Mission2Advocate.
Tamara is the proud mom of McKenzie Tuckson, a fashion forward and active 20-year-old, who was diagnosed with Rhett's Syndrome at the age of two. Tamara is the Wayne Parker Advocate of the year for the state of Tennessee, a public speaker, job coach. She currently serves as the President of the Family Support Council with the Arc of Davidson County. She is a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center council and a graduate of Partners and Policy Making . Since McKenzie's diagnosis Tamara's purpose is to advocate for her daughter and others with exceptional needs and to ensure individuals with exceptional needs have a voice.