The Seven Women Every Woman Should Know (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536871227)

Valencia Belle is a Scientist and Entrepreneur who has spent her career helping to shape young minds by opening up the possibilities of "STEM" careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. A native of Mobile, Alabama and a true scholar-athlete at heart, she began running track and field at the age of 5. At the age of 12, as an entering high school freshman, she began her first fee-for-service tutorial business assisting fellow students with ACT Prep in Science and Math. While attending Murphy High School, Valencia thrived in sports, and in civic service and in Science and Engineering. She was chosen as the Alabama SECME and one of 7 NACME Scholars in the country, as the Bryant Jordan Region VI Scholar -Athlete Award Winner, as an Azalea Trail Maid (Yellow), as Varsity Track Team Captain and as the Homecoming Queen - all while competing as a Team USA TAC Junior Olympian at the age of 16. Valencia received her first Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alabama, where she majored in Biology. There, she was a member of Freshman Forum, the Student Government Association and the Elliot Society. She served as the Variety Director for University Programs and as a charter member and Secretary of the XXXI Women's Honorary. She would make the Dean's and the President's Lists. She was also 2nd Runner-up and Miss Congeniality in the Miss Alabama USA Pageant. Valencia not only was chosen as a Distinguished University Graduate, receiving the Bloom Award, one of the top three University honors given for improving inter-faith and inter-group relations, but was also honored as one of the University's first minority IRBP Summer Fellows at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Laboratory of Infectious Diseases for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. For More Information On Valencia, Get The Book!