About the Author

Ponchitta Pierce is known as a journalist, television host and producer and media consultant. She has worked as an editor and writer for national publications such as 'Ebony, ' 'Parade, ' and 'Reader's Digest.' Miss Pierce worked at CBS News as a Special Correspondent and at WNBC-TV in New York, where she hosted and co-produced the daily television show Today in New York. She is also the author of ' Keep Going No Matter What: The Reginald F. Lewis Legacy 20 Years Later.'