Before I became an international and national multi-award winning journalist, documentarian, scholar, researcher and creative and before I became an expert, consultant and strategist on Leadership Development, Media and DEBI-P Initiatives, I was a military brat, born in Oklahoma and moved all around the world and country. My father is a retired Lt. Col. from the Army. My background as a “military brat” and a student-athlete for my entire life,  heightened, developed, and enhanced my belief and aptitude in diversity, inclusion, equity, belonging, leadership and adaptability - as I moved almost every year and a half until the age of 14 and lived among diverse people and voices, respecting them all. Despite living in various states, I consider myself an East Coast native of Virginia where most of my American ancestors are from.

     I was a stand out student-athlete ever since I was a little girl - being the first female little league baseball player in the state of Kentucky because my sister took the last cheerleading spot on Fort Knox. I was a stand out athlete all through school and on the Peninsula of Virginia where I went to Bethel High School and was later named Female Athlete of the Year. What an honor. I attended Wake Forest University as a full-scholarship student-athlete and was inducted into the ACC Legends Hall of Fame representing Wake in 2015. I was and am honored. 

     I come from a long line of great educators, film makers, great people of service, and people who believed and worked for inclusion and equity. My father, Lt. Col. Clifton Collins, Sr. is a math genius and college professor. He attended college at the young age of 15. He also helped to save the ROTC programs in this nation by problem solving as a Budget Analyst. My mother worked full-time as a young woman while putting herself through college right after high school. She was brilliant. She was also very studious and taught me my first lessons in philosophy, english and math. On both sides of my family we are educated and gifted and we are always standing with arms wide open when it comes to welcoming people into our hearts, homes, and kitchens. We never meet a stranger.

      When I am not working, I spend as much time as I can fishing, camping, kayaking, horseback riding, eating plenty of seafood, laughing, working out and working on one of my ongoing creative projects or novels. I love to play chess, listen to and make music, play the guitar, read non-fiction books and cook delicious meals from scratch for guests, friends, and people I love or for my podcast, "Seasoned with Love." I also love to hear great stories and have engaging conversations with people. I lead two organizations, Active Centralized Empowerment (A.C.E.) and World Changers Media International Foundation (WCMIF) to bring communities together. My nonprofit, World Changers Media International Foundation, works to aid underrepresented groups and communities through storytelling and other campaigns to help reach the SDG goals, gender equity and inclusion. My for profit is, of course, Active Centralized Empowerment, Inc. LLC where I work in the preparation for elevation of people, organizations, and communities.

      While I am strong, courageous and a Transformational Leader with great aptitude to do great things, I am a very humble person who knows who I work for and who works for me and my good when it comes to achievements and blessings. Fully employed with all benefits. I am also a nurturer, protector, encourager and go-getter full of empathy and compassion. I have been this way my entire life and I still am. I believe in a Higher Power of love, kindness, inclusion, fairness, justice and empowerment. I always put forth my very best in everything that I do and I live a life of love. I love succeeding. I love to see others succeed. I love children. I love teaching. I love people. I love laughing and storytelling, and I love all of my students over the past 20 years. I love to see and experience when others learn how great and important they are to the world. I am an everlasting optimist who believes that together we can all do Better and that there is a Rainbow behind every storm. Together we all can Aspire to Inspire - my motto in life and something that I try and live up to every single day by A.C.E.ing It ! 

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