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 Myrna joined Toastmasters in February 2007 after visiting and being warmly welcomed at the distinguished Wellington Toastmasters Club.
Deciding that Toastmasters is the best way for her to hone her skills as a public speaker and trainer, she immediately took the plunge to become a member, and is a Past President of Wellington Toastmasters in 2007 –2008 where she has earned the Competent Communicator and Competent Leadership awards. Born in Barbados, she immigrated to the USA with her family at age 18 and is a proud to citizen of the USA. She met her husband, who wholeheartedly supports her Toastmasters activities, on Friday the thirteenth and since their meeting, have a special celebration every 13th day of the month, but especially on each Friday the thirteenth. A proud mom of 2 adult sons and daughters, she enjoys volunteering and is the Co-ordinator of the Professional Women’s Group at Dress for Success Palm Beach County. She founded and is the director of LifeWorks International, a non-profit organization which focuses on helping minority women to achieve their full potential in all areas of their life through total life balance. Prior to starting her own business, she worked in the Corporate World for three Fortune 500 Companies, and was consistently recognized for outstanding customer service and top sales revenue. She was also the International representative for diversity, where she sought and presented avenues towards promoting mutual understanding of the diverse make-up of the Caribbean Culture as it relates to the profitability and success of the company, its employees and its customers. An avid traveler, she enjoys cruising and International travel and hopes to achieve her life-long goal of visiting Africa and Australia within the next 2 years. She aspires to be a professional speaker, addressing all types of audiences. Myrna’s mission is about achieving extra-ordinary results – about realizing her full potential in both her professional and personal life; as well as educating and encouraging others to dream big dreams and to achieve theirs. |
