MBA, Business ConsultantWith nearly two decades of teaching experience, Simone New brings a variety of skills including leadership, creativity, and vision to her clients. Having owned and directed her own daycare, taught in public schools, and founded a nonprofit organization Simone is highly effective in creating direct, intentional, positive transformation within business beginning at the strategic level. Her strengths include assisting her clients with reaching their business goals by listening intently to their vision, setting goals, business planning, and tweaking organizational management in order to optimize business operations and profits. Daycare Owner/OperatorAs a daycare owner, Simone oversaw the operation of a home daycare. She ensured compliance with licensing and safety regulations, managed finances and budget, and recruited and trained staff. This role gives her an advantage in organizational management, program and curriculum development, and financial planning. During her time as a daycare owner, Simone launched an early reading program that taught children as young as two, to read and spell. Elementary TeacherAs an upper elementary public school teacher, Simone has worked entirely with the Title I population in an effort to make the biggest impact where it is needed most. There she targeted learning deficits at the core; relationships. Through relationship building, Simone learned that to reach the child, she had to reach the parent. It became necessary to become part of the village children need to succeed. Eight years in this profession gives her a remarkable flair for leadership, developing, and growing sustainable relationships between partners, and the ability to educate both child and adult learners. Nonprofit Founder of BrainSeeds, LLCNot only do Black/African American professionals earn less per dollar earned by every white professional, but the Black/African American demographic continuously chooses service over STEM jobs year after year. With service jobs paying substantially less on average than STEM-related careers, these decisions aid in furthering the wage gap. To be part of the solution, BrainSeeds, LLC is targeting career choice at the head and making sure that every child has exposure to STEM career industry options from an early age, and just high-quality educational content altogether.