Monday, March 5, 2018

Queen Ernestine

Ernestine Sanders is a CEO, teacher, mentor, mother, and grandmother (to me). She was born in Gary, Indiana in 1944. She was given nothing and made everything she has with the sheer will and determination she has had since birth. Raising three young black children in the 80's and 90's and working multiple jobs at the same time is one of her largest accomplishments. Compromising luxuries for her self but in order to put her children in private school shows her dedication and strong view for the future of her family. This is a woman that dedicates her life to saving babies with her powerful mind and influence, while still being an active and supportive maternal pillar to everyone in her personal life.












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