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Coles My Mother, My Champion at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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This heartwarming memoir, My Mother, My Champion, explores the complex and multifaceted life of the author's mother, Rezna Bryan. Through her example, support, and guidance, Rezna Bryan inspired and empowered others. Johnson describes her mother as a guiding light, a champion, and a woman who profoundly impacted her and everyone she met. Her mother's leadership, humility, accomplishments, and deep commitment to her community are highlighted. Woven into the narrative as the author explores her mother's remarkable life is a journey through Jamaican culture, offering the reader a chance to learn about her country. Lorna Mae Johnson embodies the American dream. A Jamaican-born powerhouse, once an Olympic-qualified athlete teaming with and competing alongside legends like Flo-Jo, she has become a champion for women and girls worldwide. With degrees in Nurse-Midwifery and Finance from USC and a BSc in Healthcare Management, she has founded successful businesses, empowered communities through her LMJ Global Foundation, and provided crucial healthcare services to underserved communities as CEO of LMJ global enterprises. Her leadership experience led to appointments by Presidents Obama and Biden. Lorna is currently a presidential appointee to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and various boards and commissions. Recognized as one of the "Seven Wonder Women of the World" and as Queen Mother of Ghana, Lorna continues to uplift and inspire women and girls on a global scale, leaving an enduring legacy of empowerment and change.
This heartwarming memoir, My Mother, My Champion, explores the complex and multifaceted life of the author's mother, Rezna Bryan. Through her example, support, and guidance, Rezna Bryan inspired and empowered others. Johnson describes her mother as a guiding light, a champion, and a woman who profoundly impacted her and everyone she met. Her mother's leadership, humility, accomplishments, and deep commitment to her community are highlighted. Woven into the narrative as the author explores her mother's remarkable life is a journey through Jamaican culture, offering the reader a chance to learn about her country. Lorna Mae Johnson embodies the American dream. A Jamaican-born powerhouse, once an Olympic-qualified athlete teaming with and competing alongside legends like Flo-Jo, she has become a champion for women and girls worldwide. With degrees in Nurse-Midwifery and Finance from USC and a BSc in Healthcare Management, she has founded successful businesses, empowered communities through her LMJ Global Foundation, and provided crucial healthcare services to underserved communities as CEO of LMJ global enterprises. Her leadership experience led to appointments by Presidents Obama and Biden. Lorna is currently a presidential appointee to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and various boards and commissions. Recognized as one of the "Seven Wonder Women of the World" and as Queen Mother of Ghana, Lorna continues to uplift and inspire women and girls on a global scale, leaving an enduring legacy of empowerment and change.
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