“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
- John Dewey
Incorporators & Trustees
Dr. Nicole Brown
Rita Butler Holliday
Karen Everett
Andrea Moten
Constance Pizarro
Melodie Warner
Board of Directors
Dr. Nicole Brown
Rita Butler Holliday
Karen Everett
Andrea Moten
Constance Pizarro
Melodie Warner
Board of Directors
Yomi Forsh-Hamilton
President of P.E.A.R.L.S., Inc.
Cynthia Stallings-Smith
Immediate Past President
Maria Cleveland
Past President
Constance R. Pizarro
Founder & First President
Candice M. Alfonso
Vice President of Community Affairs
Karen Wilson
Vice President of Civic Affairs
Shenetta Turner-Smith
Recording Secretary
Rhonda Faison
Corresponding Secretary
Constance R. Pizarro
Treasurer
Marlena Castro
Financial Secretary
Tiffany L. Mayers
Parliamentarian
Andrea Moten
Historian
Marla Ham-Chakotae
Fannie Gordan
Debra Turner
Maurice M. Williams
Members-at-Large
Monica Weeks
Fundraising Chairman
Clara McKnight
Audit Chairman
Candice M. Alfonso
Scholarship Chairman