“We all have the need to feel special, this need can bring out the best in us yet the worst in us. This need created The Velvet Rope”. This quote is one that I live by every day. It symbolizes being self-aware but conscious and empathetic to the struggles we all face as humans. As a native Washingtonian but raised in Prince George’s County, I take pride in who I am and the experiences that have shaped me. After graduating from The University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2015, I soon got into HIV prevention and education. My passion behind this work simply stemmed from the desire to be a voice and face for those in the community who felt they didn’t have one of their own. As a Health Impact Specialist for DC Health, I was able to connect with many community-based organizations in the area to provide holistic sexual health services and education, particularly for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2020, I moved to Atlanta, GA to further my career in Public Health. There I worked with a faith-based organization providing HIV prevention and educational services to an even more specific demographic of people, homeless and underpaid. Currently back in my hometown, I work as an EIS Patient Navigator for Washington Health Institute. In my spare time, I enjoy music, attending concerts, car karaoke, binge watching Law and Order SVU and traveling. As a long time member of the DMV based organization, Models INC, I enjoy modeling, dancing and coaching a new generation of fearless and fierce young men and women.
Speaker: Dr. Billina Shaw
Dr. Billina Shaw is the Medical Director for the Behavioral Health Division of the Prince George’s County Health Department. She is a triple board certified physician in the specialties of general adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and addiction...
Speaker: Dr. Beth Lee Crawford
Dr. Beth Lee Crawford has been licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the State of MD since November 2004 and in Washington, DC. since September 2007. Dr. Crawford earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Virginia Union University in 1993 and her Master of...
Speaker: Sheryl A. Neverson, Ph.D., LCSW-C, LICSW
Sheryl Neverson, Ph.D., LICSW, LCSW-Cis a licensed clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience in the behavioral health. Dr. Neverson earned her Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University, Masters of Social Work from the University of North...
Speaker: Russell Snyder
I am currently the President and CEO of Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas, which serves more than 11,000 vulnerable men, women and children in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and North and South Carolina with our over 850 employees. Since...
Panelist: DJ Poet
Poet Taylor is a lover of God, bacon, listening twice as much as you speak and the village. A proud product of the DC/Maryland foster care system who strongly believes that no matter the obstacle, there’s always a workable solution. When Poet’s not on the air the...
Panellist: Todd B
Todd Bell is an eclectic, somewhat eccentric radio veteran with over 25 years’ experience on the air. His multifaceted skills have allowed him to host a night time relationship talk show, romance-themed music shows, a morning-drive talk show, as well as serve as a...