| Joan E. Gosier is a busy mom of two inquisitive elementary aged daughters, Tomeara and Toleah. She is inspired by her loving family and one of her greatest role models is her mom who graduated high school valedictorian. She instilled strong values regarding family heritage and believed in putting “acquired education into practice”. Joan's longterm vision is to significantly impact the lifetime success of the children who are among the CLASS OF 2028! Joan is working on completing her second book in a 3-part series called, "Cotton Pickin' Paycheck-A 21st Century Journal of Escape from Slavery". The journal is a unique and inspiring family culture keepsake...it is the world's FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BLOOK! [BLOG+BOOK]. Joan's various unique and inspiring projects can be viewed on her website www.JoanGosier.com Thomas Gosier is a native of Pompano Beach, FL and serves as the company's VP of Sales and Marketing. Tommy pledged the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. in Spr. '86 aka “Go-Go”. He graduated from Hampton University with a BA in Sociology and emphasis in Criminal Justice. He has had past experience as a residential and commercial construction contractor, network marketing executive and outside sales rep for a leading lawn care company. He has strong leadership abilities and is a very supportive parent of Tomeara and Toleah. He has a very special gift for working with "at-risk" kids as a Mental Health Counselor and is especially strong in building bridges with stakeholders. Tommy guides the long term direction and plans for HBCU kidz. His life philosophy is "one must live life to the fullest and to show love to all mankind". His vision is to reach across social class and other physical, mental and emotional barriers to professionally serve and uplift the black family through the communication of shared values and practices of respect and courtesy. Tomeara and Toleah Gosier were born in Coral Springs, FL. Although they are NOT twins, their closeness in age enables them to share a lot of mutual interests. They both enjoy singing, reading, watching Disney Channel, flying kites with Daddy, riding kiddie coasters, going to the beach, and playing dress up. They are avid track runners, swimmers and budding gymnasts. As the girls continue to acquire new learning, each one has her own ideas and suggestions on "how we can grow the family business"! Tomeara has published her first book, "Let's Talk About Brains!" as a young child's FIRST AFFIRMATION GUIDE. The girls have also launched and help maintain their own site that they help update called, "We ALL start Small". www.WeALLstartSmall.com. DISCLAIMER: While a concerted effort was made to gather data for this website it is not to be considered a complete authoritative document. The information presented is believed to be reliable, however Black Parent Connect does not guarantee it nor does it assume any legal responsibilities for transactions resulting from the use of this information. Black Parent Connect info@blackparentconnect.com |

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