Shemeka Brathwaite, MSEd is a Career Alignment Expert and founder of Seeds to Exceed, a motivational education company designed to train individuals how to exceed above the standard. Through her signature ACED IT Strategies for Success System, Shemeka has earned a reputation for achieving extraordinary results. Meeting planners have described her high energy programs as unforgettable and her speaking delivery as stylistical. Shemeka earned a Master’s degree in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University. She is a New York University certified coach and practitioner of the world’s most trusted personality assessments Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Strong’s Interest Inventory. Shemeka discovered her skill to identify top career candidates at the early age of 15 when she served on the search committee to hire a new Assistant Principal for her high school. Shemeka is a nationally recognized professional speaker and is an active member of the National Speakers Association, Global Speakers Federation, Women’s Speakers Association and Toastmasters International. Engaging Communicator Shemeka’s high energy messages stems from her background as a spoken word performing artist where she previously performed at the famous Nyurorican Poets Café, The Afrikan Poetry Theater, Poet’s House and in the choreopoem stage play “The Poets’ Testimony”. Her award winning poem “Virtuous Woman” is published in the anthology entitled Our Stories, Ourselves: The EmBODYment of Women’s Literacy. Motivational Educator Shemeka creates transformational learning experiences that expand far beyond the classroom. Her specialty is in serving culturally diverse and non-traditional students in urban educational settings. Her article on the Historical Factors Impacting the Success of Vocational Education in New York City is published in The New York Journal of Adult Learning. Shemeka has spent a couple of years teaching career development to at risk 17-21year old GED students, served as an Career Interest Review College Instructor at the College of New Rochelle and continues to work in higher education administration within the career services to serve 25,000 students. Creative Visionary Before there was Project Runway, Shemeka was selected while in college as a finalist in “Teens in Fashion” and had the opportunity to showcase a menswear collection during Fashion Week. The event received press coverage from a variety of sources which included MTV and Women’s Wear Daily. In high school, she appeared as a guest on a teen talk show, Studio Y on Metro Television, to showcase her original designs. Shemeka had the opportunity to study fashion abroad in London and Paris.She has worked at major design firms such as Liz Claiborne, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Jones Apparel Group as a technical designer and communicated with international production employees in China, India, Indonesia, Guatemala, Turkey and Taiwan for the successful production of the multi-million dollar fashion apparel brands. Community Activist Shemeka served on the board of many community based organizations such as the Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island Area Health Education Center, The Brooklyn Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., editorial board for Signature Caribbean Weddings and Judges Chair for the Miss Brooklyn Scholarship Program of the Miss America Organization. Shemeka has helped raised thousands of dollars in scholarship money for deserving college students.

• published: 01 Nov 2014
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