About


Hi! I'm Chris

I am an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and founder. I began my career as a public school English teacher and later became a college professor. I received my Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My academic research focuses on helping pregnant and parenting students (teen mothers) graduate.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 50% of teen mothers earn a high school diploma. I wrote Helping Teen Moms Graduate: Strategies for Families, School, and Community Organizations, to help more students earn their diplomas. My book is the winner of two book awards:


Emotional Health and Wellness

My work also focuses on emotional health and wellness. I am a mission to help teen and single mothers heal from violence and abuse (trauma), achieve emotional health and wellness, and break the multigenerational cycle of violence, abuse, and teen pregnancy with their children. My work includes:

  • Trauma Recovery Coaching - Individual and group coaching.
  • Radio Talk Show Host -For two years, I hosted my own radio talk show that focused on trauma recovery. 
  • Founder - Teen Moms Anonymous - A ministry and recovery program whose mission is to provide teen mothers and adult mothers who were teen mothers with information, resources, and opportunities to heal from violence and abuse (trauma) and become more confident, skilled women and mothers. 


I am a single mother. I live in the Upstate of SC with my teenage son. I have successfully navigated single parenthood; however, I know the overwhelming challenges of being a Black single mother.

I am using my experience as a Black single mother to help young single mothers thrive as women and mothers and break the cycle of children growing up without a father in the home.