Chatting with The Experts with Paula Okonneh

In this bonus podcast episode of "Chatting with the Experts," host Paula Okonneh interviews Pamela Lue-Hing, a leadership growth expert, speaker, and thought leader. Paula, an immigrant woman herself, typically focuses on the struggles and triumphs of immigrant women from Africa and the Caribbean. However, this bonus episode features a conversation with Pamela, an African-American woman from Charl...

Tabitha Liburd is an attorney and conflict management strategist, born in Guyana and now living in Michigan . The CEO of Marshall Duke Consulting, and also a Christian, Tabitha was directed by God to change professions from law to conflict resolution. To hear how this came about is nothing short of a testimony of God's guidance and direction in her life. Tabitha sees her job as a gift " when God s...

Marietta Carter-Narcisse is a beauty entrepreneur or beautypreneur, a 30 plus year veteran celebrity makeup artist, and a department head makeup artist for film and television. As a beauty entrepreneur, she is passionate about teaching others how to succeed in the business of film and television through online educational classes at Marietta's Virtual Make-up Academy . With a Master of Science Deg...

Dr. La Toya Luces-Sampson is a physician and an entrepreneur. An extremely dynamic woman, she is the proud owner of 2 businesses. La Toya is the CEO and founder of Buy Default , a curated directory of Black professionals and Black businesses who cater and serve the Black community. She is also the president and CEO of her own OBGYN practice Amina OBGYN Consultants, an independent contracting compa...

Maggie Jean, CEO of MJ's Coaching and Business Solutions LLC and team member of the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team is a coach " who believes in you every step of the way. A coach who wants you to excel, who wants you to grow, who wants you to perform at a level that you never expected. A coach who will remind you that there is nothing called perfection." Talking with Maggie was a joy. Listen an...

Sharon Carter is a wealth management professional who focuses on life insurance, disability and annuities. She says we need to look at life insurance, disability and annuities as vehicles and tools that we can access and use when needed. Life Insurance - is not just about leaving a lump sum of money for your loved ones when you pass. A person can use their life insurance when they are alive and if...

Social Media Specialist Turiya Hodge says that social media is a serving tool. She says that even though business owners are encouraged to position products and services on the web they should look at social media as a way to serve customers and not just a means to sell to them. Turiya says " You might put out a message, you might do a post, you might drop a video. And you're looking at social med...

Doreen Lettsome Reid is a certified business coach to confident Christian women coaches from all around the world. She coaches high performing Christian coaches 40 years and over, and teaches and coaches them on how to develop a business blueprint, to gain clarity of their specific mission message mandate to lay a firm foundation with their business structure services, products, and policies. Thes...

Precious Nyarambi moved from Zimbabwe to South Africa because she believed that the economic growth in Zimbabwe was not supportive of young people. She is now a a Social Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Coach, Mentor and Author. She is now the founder of Vessels of Virtue and the Managing Director for Elohay Cleaners & Prember Holdings. Moving to Zimbabwe was extremely difficult and she found...

Marie McKenzie is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, a highly accomplished Registered Nurse and #1 Amazon Bestseller. Her book, "Things That Keep Me Up At Night" was based on her personal trauma as a childhood sexual victim and her journey of healing and thriving. Born in Jamaica her dream was to become a nurse like her aunt. It took her years to achieve this but as an Emergency Room Nurse assisting...

No matter where you are from there is always an opportunity for you to grow says Christelle Mombo-Zigah. Born and raised in France by Congolese parents, Christelle moved to the USA 12 years ago with a master's degree in International Economics from La Sorbonne University. A lifelong learner , she recently graduated with an executive MBA (Stanford LEAD) at Stanford GSB and her dream is to become an...

College Bound Determination Founder  Carol Ben-Davies , is a first generation American born to Sierra Leonean parents who arrived in the US in the 70's. Carol talks about her college experience and how it was instrumental in her career decisions and subsequently her business. When Carol was 14 years old her parents moved to a small town in North Carolina and she struggled with being a first genera...

Bongai Mhloyi Is the CEO and Founder of End Child Marriages. Her mission is to eradicate child marriages by giving girls - in some parts of Zimbabwe, an alternative to child marriages - through education. Educating these girls and providing better options for them is her passion. Bongai grew up in Zimbabwe and migrated to the US in 1985 in pursuit of a better education and a better life. Working a...

Nwanneka Tesy moved from Nigeria to Texas with her parents and siblings when she was 7. It was a difficult move. Immigrating was hard! The first 12 years were extremely difficult but what started to help her was when she tapped into her creativity and artistic side. That allowed her to escape the pain of being so far from her original home. Nwanneka speaks from the heart about the complexities of...

Leigh Huxley grew up in South Africa. She started out in the beauty industry and was the owner of her own skin care business inDurban, South Africa for thirteen and a half years where she was passionate about helping women embrace and enhance their outer beauty. She has now come full circle and is passionate about helping women learn to love and accept themselves by helping them find their persona...

Rahel Mwitula Williams is the lead designer at ILAVA which means "It Can Be Done". Ilava is a socially responsible lifestyle brand using fashion- mainly African fashion, to empower women and create change globally. ILAVA is a registered non profit and has enabled Rahel to impact women and leaders across the world.

Ida Blake moved from  Monseratt to the UK at the tender age of 17. Listen to how she discovered that she was now in a new system where race and class mattered  but how when she renewed her relationship with God she was able to change her mindset.

Jacquel Tucker born in Jamaica talks candidly about the company My Purpose on Fire. Tune in to hear her journey on how she created a nonprofit and a for-profit company to serve people in her home country and in her community in Georgia.

Fellow AFRICAN sister Lucie Matsouaka is a Senior Professional Career Coach, a Youth Leadership Coach, an Author and Speaker . Born in Cameroon, she schooled in Benin, Burkina Faso and migrated to the US 18 years ago. She now lives and works in Cary, North Carolina and has a passion for the youth

I'm humbled and grateful to all my guests on Chatting with the Experts. You all knocked me off my feet when I reached out to you and you said "yes". I have been overjoyed by the success of the podcast . I could not have done it without you. I know that the year hasn't ended yet but I can not forget the journey it took to get me here and why I do what I do . I also did not want my thank you to get...

Wishing a very Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas to all my guests on Chatting with the Experts. I want to thank each of you for setting aside some time to be a guest on my podcast . I enjoyed each and every one of you. You were so special in your different ways and I really appreciated the fact that you hung out with me. I of course wanted you to be a guest on my show because you've all done such...

Edie Clarke was born in New York but raised on the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. She returned to New York to attend college after graduating from high school in St Thomas but opted to attend a technical school for video production instead.  Today Edie Clarke is a self-taught remote video creator and YouTube channel manager. For the past 6 years she has used video to build her busines...

Podcasting, Coaching and Immigrant Women's stories is what Paula Okonneh host of Chatting With the Experts focuses on in this episode. Her journey into podcasting, podcast coaching and why she decided to highlight the success stories of immigrant women from Africa and the Caribbean is worth listening to.

Excellence surpasses everything was a key lesson Suzan Hart learned from a very early age after being singled out by her teacher and bullied in school. Suzan, her mom and her sister migrated to Canada when Suzan was only 4 years old. As a result of those experiences, Suzan says "If you are good at something, it doesn't matter the color, of your skin, or whatever it is, excellence surpasses everyth...

Marguerite Orane immigrated to Canada in 2009 and says that there is a lesson for immigrant women. " When we come to a new country, especially North America, the established diaspora - we are told, or we feel the need to assimilate, but I think it's very important to remain and stay true to who we are and the culture that we grew up with and to not hide that light under a bushel. Be proud of being...