It's Time to Take Action! How This Entrepreneur Followed Her Passion, Took Action on a Vision and is Empowering Others Through Her Non-Profit Mentorship Program

<p>Betty is passionate about advocating for those who think they don’t have a voice. She is also passionate about helping girls and women reach their fullest potential. Mentorship is much like planting a seed and coming back months later to see this beautiful bloom!</p> <p>Betty built her non-profit, EmpowHer around her passion.   Passion leads to vision.  Action, even on a small vision, can have a huge impact.   Likewise, it takes confidence to take action. It’s often necessary to push fear aside leads to positive action and inspiring results.</p> <h3>The Power of One</h3> <p>Similarly, Betty wants us to know the power of ONE. ONE person can make a difference for many people by taking action on that 'small' vision. Betty didn't realize that she was creating  a 'movement' that would contribute to gender and racial equity. But that is exactly what she and her organization do every day by empowering the girls and women that are involved with EmpowHER.</p> <p>Together, through mentorship, they are changing the trajectory of those who once thought of themselves as voiceless. Each of us has the power to become part of a solution and help solve problems in society.</p> <h3>First Phase</h3> <p>Betty’s first phase was in sales and marketing for tech companies like IBM and other major brands. As a teen, she could never have dreamed of her life as a Sales Executive managing hundreds of people and $100 million budgets. She was the first in her family of 8 to graduate from college even after becoming a teen mom right out of high school.</p> <p>Betty has traveled to over 50 countries and lived abroad in South Africa after leaving corporate America in her 40's for a job with more meaning and purpose.</p> <h3>Second Phase</h3> <p>She found her second phase by becoming aware that her life would have meaning if she could share what she had learned during her lifetime.  Upon this realization, she set out to enhance the lives of others.   Betty realized that money, fine cars and clothes did not provide her with lasting satisfaction