Louisiana Native, Jessica Alexander Howard, is an entrepreneur, educator, and best-selling author of: Memoirs of a Single Chosen Mother, They Don't Play Fair (children's book), 21 Effective Keys to Leadership:Faith-based Principles for Business, Life and Ministry, and 21 Effective Keys to Leadership: Edition 2. Jessica has a BS of Business Administration, over 20 years of leadership experience, 20 years of working with students in at-risk communities, a heart for helping and educating others, and a great passion for writing. She began writing in middle school and publshing poems to the then popular space, poetry.com. Jessica's proven track record in leadership and her insightful books on leadership have afforded her the opportunity to grace many stages and have her books be used by organizations from Louisiana to California to West Virginia and spaces in between. Her latest best-seller, Memoirs of a Chosen Single Mother, gives REAL insight into life as a single parent and inspires anyone who reads it! And soon after this publication, in light of social injustices and children of the world have to see and experience such trauma, Jessica and her 6 year old son wrote the inspiring book, They Don't Play Fair, to help children around the world to be comfortable being exactly who they were created to be and nothing less!