“There is one skill I value the most and that is asking for help.”
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: I am passionate about helping others by providing motivation, inspiration, and emotional support. I’ve always said that my purpose found me when I was a sophomore in college in 2012 when my grandmother was killed by a car.
My line of work involves helping individuals by providing direct care services and providing counseling.
I am currently working on planning my Self-Love Tour and building up a Sisterhood Community dedicated to self-love and self-care resources. I help women on a self-love and healing journey by providing coaching services, self-love brunches, retreats, and training sessions.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: I have been through a lot growing up. I’ve always felt feelings of abandonment and rejection due to not having an active father in my life.
I’ve always been self-driven to accomplish my goals. I have been able to complete undergrad at Mercy College in 2015 with a psychology degree and grad school at St. John’s University in 2017 with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.
After my grandmother was killed in a car accident, I went through anxiety issues, times of hyperventilating, and felt guilty for not seeing her as much as I could’ve.
I had to learn how to regulate my emotions, and I learned early on to ask for support. I felt like I was always viewed as being the strong one and to finally allow myself to lean on support helped me through it all. Also, I felt led to go into the social science field after a few months after the accident. I finally made the decision even though I wasn’t sure, and now here I am ten years later operating with my gifts.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: I want others to know that it’s okay to not be okay. It’s important to process emotions and thoughts and learn the necessary skills to overcome them. Also, I would encourage others to stay encouraged and make use of asking for help. There is one skill I value the most and that is asking for help.
Q: What does feminism mean to you? A: Great question. It means being able to be empowered and overcome the challenges society places on women.
MORE ABOUT KEKE: My favorite color is purple, and I love to sing.
Q and A withCeleste from St. Louis, Missouri, living in Smyrna, Georgia
“…resilience, faith, and perseverance can transform pain into purpose.”
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: I am passionate about helping people heal, rediscover their purpose, and understand that their story still has value no matter what they have been through. As an ordained minister, life and grief coach, author, and community advocate, much of my work centers around supporting people through life’s difficult transitions, including grief, trauma, incarceration, family challenges, and personal reinvention.
My passion was born from my own experiences. I have faced seasons of loss, disappointment, and challenges that forced me to rely on faith, resilience, and God’s grace. Those experiences taught me that healing is possible and that our greatest pain can often become the foundation for our greatest purpose.
Currently, I am developing faith-based resources, devotionals, grief support materials, coaching programs, and community initiatives that help individuals find hope, healing, and direction. I am especially passionate about supporting women, families, and individuals rebuilding their lives after setbacks.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: My younger years were shaped by both challenges and valuable life lessons. Growing up, I learned early that life does not always follow the path we imagine. Family responsibilities, personal struggles, and unexpected circumstances taught me resilience at a young age.
One of the experiences that most impacted my life was becoming a mother as a teenager. While it brought many challenges, it also taught me responsibility, perseverance, sacrifice, and unconditional love. That journey forced me to grow up quickly and helped shape the woman I am today.
Education came both inside and outside the classroom. Some of my greatest lessons came through life experiences, relationships, faith, and overcoming adversity. Looking back, I can see how every obstacle helped develop my compassion for others and strengthened my desire to serve and encourage people who are navigating difficult seasons.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: One of the most valuable lessons I have learned is that your past does not have the final say over your future.
Many people carry shame from mistakes, losses, disappointments, or circumstances beyond their control. My story has taught me that healing begins when we stop allowing our past to define our worth. We can acknowledge our wounds without allowing them to become our identity.
I want others to know that setbacks do not disqualify you from living a meaningful life. You can experience grief and still find joy. You can make mistakes and still become successful. You can face rejection and still walk confidently in your purpose.
If people learn anything from my story, I hope they learn that resilience, faith, and perseverance can transform pain into purpose. What you survive can become the very thing that helps someone else heal.
Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: To me, feminism means recognizing the inherent worth, dignity, and God-given value of women. It means supporting opportunities for women to grow, lead, learn, serve, and use their gifts without unnecessary barriers.
As a woman of faith, I believe feminism is not about competing with men but about ensuring that women are respected, heard, protected, and empowered to fulfill their purpose. It means advocating for women who have been overlooked, marginalized, or silenced and creating spaces where their voices and experiences matter.
I am especially passionate about supporting women through healing, personal growth, leadership development, and life transitions so they can live fully and confidently in who they were created to be.
MORE ABOUT CELESTE: At the heart of everything I do is a commitment to service. Whether through ministry, coaching, writing, mentoring, or community outreach, my goal is to leave people better than I found them.
I believe healing and growth happen in the community. I believe faith and practical action work together. I’ve been a part of Kiwanis of Greater South Cobb for over 13 years, that’s dedicated to improving the lives of children and communities
Most importantly, I believe every person has a purpose, regardless of their background, age, mistakes, or current circumstances.
My life’s work is helping people discover that purpose and giving them the tools, encouragement, and support they need to walk in it.
I am a transplant from St. Louis, Missouri, but live in Smyrna, Georgia, (20+ years) a city just outside Atlanta, Georgia. Community involvement and ministry work have allowed me to serve people throughout the metro Atlanta area and beyond, helping individuals and families navigate life’s challenges while building stronger, healthier futures.
“Some of the most important changes happen internally, in ways no one else can see…I’m drawn to the spaces people don’t always talk about—the quiet, the complicated, and the deeply human.”
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: I’m passionate about storytelling—both the kind that comforts and the kind that unsettles.
Writing became that space for me during a difficult six-year period of my life.
I started writing letters to myself as a way to process what I was going through, and over time, I realized those words weren’t just mine.
That’s how Letters to Women Like Me came to life—out of a need to create something honest for women who feel deeply but don’t always have a place to put it.
At the same time, I’ve always been drawn to the darker side of storytelling—the psychological layers, the questions of identity, memory, and what shapes us. That led me to write Chalk Drawings, a psychological crime thriller that explores patterns, obsession, and the idea that what’s unseen can be more powerful than what’s visible.
What connects everything I write is a fascination with what people carry—emotionally, mentally, and sometimes silently. Whether I’m writing something soft and reflective or something tense and suspenseful, I’m always trying to understand that space.
Right now, I’m continuing to build both sides of my work—growing the Chalk Drawings series while also creating more reflective writing for women. For me, it’s not about choosing one path or the other. It’s about telling the full story of what it means to be human—both the light and the shadow.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: My younger years were fairly grounded and shaped by a strong sense of responsibility early on.
I graduated high school and went on to attend college for a time, but life began to take me in a different direction, and I didn’t complete my degree.
While that wasn’t the path I originally planned, it taught me that growth doesn’t always follow a straight line—and that experience itself can be just as valuable as formal education.
I’ve always been someone who observes deeply and feels things in a quiet way.
Even when I wasn’t writing, I was paying attention—to people, to emotions, to the small moments that often go unnoticed. Those early years helped shape the way I see the world now, both in life and in my writing.
Looking back, I realize that my upbringing and experiences gave me a strong sense of resilience and independence.
They taught me how to navigate challenges, adapt, and keep moving forward even when things didn’t go as expected. Those lessons have stayed with me and continue to influence not only the work I do, but the stories I tell.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: One of the most valuable things I’ve learned is that not everything in life needs to be figured out right away.
For a long time, I thought strength meant having answers, pushing through, and holding everything together. But I’ve come to understand that real strength is quieter—it’s allowing yourself to feel, to pause, and to be honest about what you’re carrying.
I would want others to know that it’s okay if your path doesn’t look the way you thought it would.
Growth isn’t always obvious, and healing doesn’t happen on a timeline.
Some of the most important changes happen internally, in ways no one else can see.
I’m drawn to the spaces people don’t always talk about—the quiet, the complicated, and the deeply human.
If there’s anything I hope people take from my story, it’s this: you’re not alone in what you’re feeling, even if it seems that way.
There is value in your experiences, even the difficult ones, and there is strength in continuing forward—at your own pace, in your own way.
Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: Feminism, to me, is about recognizing the unseen weight women carry and creating space for them to feel, speak, and exist without having to prove their strength.
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“… if you give your body proper nutrition, your body can heal itself.”
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: I am a shareholder in a hardware company and, because I invested early in life, I was able to retire at the age of 36.
I’m passionate about building a legacy with my Ardysslife business, helping families thrive through a healthier lifestyle, and to building a strong team for a wealthier lifestyle.
I’m interested in building a large clientele with getting them into nutrition, [products] made from fruits and vegetables to help the body heal itself. I also help them reshape their body without diet pills exercise or surgery, instead getting them to wear the reshaping garments made by an orthopedic surgeon.
I am currently working on getting a store front in my country so my team and customers won’t have to pay for shipping and have easy access like having the package shipped to their doors.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: I grew up in the tropical Nassau, Bahamas, with family and faith.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: Something valuable I have learned if you invest in a positive and lucrative business, it pays off.
I also learned that if you give your body proper nutrition, your body can heal itself. I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and within two weeks of being on the products, I didn’t have to be put on medication.
Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: Feminism means alot to me. I believe gender-based discrimination needs to be eliminated.
I feel there should be social, economic, and political equality between women and men; women should have the same rights as men especially if a man wants a woman to go fifty-fifty with the bills in the home.
A: I’m passionate about vitality, aging healthy, business, fitness, immunity, longevity, nutrition, and skincare.
I’m a senior brand partner of Nu Skin Enterprises.
I found this passion [vitality, longevity, aging healthy, etc.] out of my love for my parents, when I was four years old. I’ve been praying for the longevity of my parents since.
My family also runs a school cafeteria business.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: I graduated from the oldest existing university in Asia, The University of Santo Tomas, with a bachelor’s degree in arts and behavioral science.
I come from a Christian family. I’ve learned that God loves the world [so much] that He gave up His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in HIM shall not perish but have eternal life.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: My advice to people wanting to start their own business is to keep innovating.
Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: Feminism means being a light to the world especially in my country, the Philippines.
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