Isis I Biography
Isis I graduated with a bachelor's degree in education from California State University. She also holds a master's degree in special education from Sonoma State University in California. Her first job after graduating from college was as an “After-School Homework-Synergist". She was an elementary school teacher with Oakland Unified School District for four years. In 1980 she left the classroom to become an entrepreneur opening up five Fantasia retail outlets and five Fantasia beauty salons in California. In 1985 she served as chairperson of “Oakland On The Move Christmas Toy Ball". In 1986 she found Path To Success, a non-profit organization created to enroll more students of color in colleges around the country. In 1990 she served as a board member for the African American Marrow Donor. A passionate traveler, Isis I has spent the last two decades in an all-embracing, cultural adventure throughout Africa. She was in Johannesburg during the celebration of Nelson Mandela's in-auguration and then continued her trek north to Egypt. There, she visited the Great Pyramids of Giza as well as the museums in Luxor, home of the Royal Mummies. Isis I attended the opening ceremony of The Great Man Made River in Libya. She also has added the continents of South America, Europe and Asia to her extensive travel portfolio. Though Isis I has experienced such international charm and beauty, she nevertheless sings praises that there is no place more wonderful than home―the United States of America. Through such traveling Isis I has come to the fantastic realization that visions are all around us. In 1995, she participated in Global African Women for Employment Training in South Africa (GAWETSA) fact-finding mission. In 1997 she served as board member for World Women Mentors of Color. In 2007 Isis I unveiled to the world her novel "Shaded Canvas". Isis I lives part of the year in the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area and the other part of the year in Atlanta, GA.
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