Rita is a Coach, Inspirational Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Award winning Entrepreneur and the author of two books – PERMISSION GRANTED! A JOURNAL OF SPIRITUAL EPIPHANIES and #JUSTFORTODAY offering 365 specific actions and behaviors to incorporate into your daily life. 
 
Rita began her career as a middle school teacher and her gifts have led her to being a successful entrepreneur for over 35 years – first as a partner in a fashion boutique, then the founder and CEO of Mirror Enterprise INC. (MEI) a professional and personal development training company. MEI offered training in areas of Leadership, Diversity, Customer Service and Team building. MEI provided Soft Skills training to approximately 3,000 individuals moving from Welfare to Work in Richmond City and surrounding Counties.
 
As a Coach, Rita coaches her clients to move from Confusion to Clarity…from a life of feeling stressed out, frustrated, and stuck to one of total joy and fulfillment.  Her purpose is to show her clients how to remove the barriers preventing them from creating the life they were born to live and enjoy a more fulfilled life of Purpose, Peace and Passion. She offers Laser (one on one) Coaching and Group Coaching. 
 
Rita facilitates new Virginia: Scaling4Growth offered by the Commonwealth of Virginia to small business owners.  It is a six-month program designed to be a practical, case based, peer learning focused program.  Focus areas are Business and Leadership (Strategic Assessment), Financial Management (balancing cash flow), Marketing and Sales (Building Profitable Sales) and Resource Management (Getting what you need to scale). Rita was recently awarded the LEADERSHIP IN Facilitation and Training Award. 

She earned her B.S. in Sociology from Virginia State University and her M.Ed. in Adult Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She received executive management certificates from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
 
Rita lives in Richmond, Va., loves swing dancing, smooth jazz, and grooming her two granddaughters to be all they can be. She is a breast cancer survivor since 1999.
 
Her personal mantra is “What You Do Today, Forms Your Tomorrow”