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Monique S. Robinson received a B. A from Wilberforce University; Psychology, M. Ed from Concordia University-Portland; Educational Leadership, and Education Specialists Degree from Northcentral University; Educational Leadership. 

While teaching, some of the most memorable projects done by her scholars include the Living Wax Museum, Flat Stanley is traveling…to college at an HBCU and implementing the Performing Arts in lesson delivery. In addition, in 2009, she was honored with the Teacher of the Year award for Imagine Schools, district, and region for her educational contributions. 

M. Robinson founded A Better Chance for Youth Futures Inc. in 2017, a nonprofit organization that promotes Historically Black Colleges and Universities; while offering resources, consulting services, and workshops to prepare scholars and families for college. 

M. Robinson hosts a weekly television show on Daily Gospel Network, is a motivational speaker, and is an 8-time Best-Selling author as a national and international contributing author.

Pesha K. Mabrie, M.Ed, is an educator with over ten years of experience in Student Affairs and college administration. Pesha is earning her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in Higher Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Within those years, she worked as an admissions advisor, student activities, housing and residence life, college access programs,  and TRiO. She is currently a program evaluator, evaluating federal, state, and local educational grants. Pesha enjoys working with students on their college and career journey, ensuring that students gain opportunities to assist in their personal growth. 

Celineise Woods started her career in education 16 years ago. Mrs. Woods earned her  B.S. in Mathematics in 2004 while working full-time. After college, she served as the Director of Secondary Education & Lead Teacher at home for troubled teenagers in New York for three years. She then moved to San Antonio, where she taught K4-6th graders at Eisenhauer Road Baptist School for two years and then moved on to the George Gervin Youth Center, where she served as the Residential Services Coordinator (LCCA) & Special Education Liaison. She was a substitute teacher for Judson ISD for a few years and then decided to leave education and the workforce to be a stay-at-home mom. 

The journey through the ups and downs of personal and professional life during the 2018-2019 school year would push Mrs. Woods to yield to the tug on her heartstrings and return to her first love, the classroom. She set out on a very ambitious journey to earn her Special Education certification by the beginning of the 19-20 school year while maintaining her full-time job as a wife, mom, and IDEA Walzem registrar. Though she began the 19-20 school year as Walzem’s registrar, she reached her goal, earned her certification, and transitioned back into teaching. Her love and passion for helping shape children's minds have allowed her to foster a deep connection with the scholars in her classroom and across the entire Walzem campus. If you ask her how it feels, she’ll tell you, “It feels like home.” 

She attributes her success to witnessing the resiliency of her amazing mother, Yvonne,  and her determination to honor her promise to her father in 2000, just before he succumbed to his battle with brain cancer.  That guaranteed that she would never quit and strive to be the best there was to be at whatever it was that she did. 

Mrs. Woods’s life mission is to encourage others to take one step beyond what they can see, beyond what they can feel, and beyond what they can touch; for in doing so, they open a whole new world of opportunity for themselves that they didn’t even know existed.

In her spare time, Celineise enjoys traveling in her RV or hanging out on the lake with her husband and two amazing sons and dining at Smashin’ Crab every chance she gets.