Entrepreneur since age 9 -- earning $1,500 selling snow cones during one summer in Dallas, Texas. Close knit sports family. Mother died when she was 16. Retired from basketball at age 23, devastated after being named alternate on the U.S. Olympic team. Wrote one of the first books about black entrepreneurship, About My Sister's Business (Simon & Schuster 1995) and financial empowerment for black children, In The Black (Simon & Schuster 1998). Co-founder of Black Millionaires Summit. Founder of Black Business Summit & Black Business University. Runner Up, Good Morning America's Advice Guru contest.
Former host of HGTV's "Home Rules" renovation series. ESPN Announcer. Activist for formerly incarcerated individuals, girls and women's empowerment and the new black power movement. Has landed more than $50,000,000 in FREE media publicity in the past 7 years. Graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with BS in Journalism, MA in Journalism and Masters of Science in Tech Commercialization from UT's acclaimed McCombs School of Business. Captain of UT's 34-0 NCAA championship basketball team.
WNBA Champion with Houston Comets in 1997. U.S. Olympic Team alternate. Online marketer since 1998 -- earning a minimum of 5-6 figures every year online for the past 20 years. Author of more than 20 books and 30+ courses, products and programs. Speaks on business, marketing, Internet, spirituality, leadership, culture and sports. Latest book, BET ON BLACK, drops on December 15, 2018. Real estate developer & co-owner of a $15-million dollar sports facility scheduled to open near Dallas in 2020.
