Zonya Brewton, the ninth of ten children, was born to a loving Mother who was an exemplary role model and nurtured healthy self-esteem among all her children.

Feeling extremely fortunate for the role models in her life, she quickly realized that every young girl had not been as fortunate.  During her college years, she witnessed the pain and anger that some of her peers experienced due to negative influences in their childhood.

After obtaining her B.S. in Business Management from the University of South Carolina, Zonya moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to start her career.

Blessed to secure a job with a Fortune 500 company and complete her MBA at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia, she knew it was now time for her to reach out to her community.

In her early twenties, she accepted her responsibility as a role model to younger girls, when she joined the Big Brother Big Sister Program. This is where she felt she had the opportunity to truly encourage and foster healthy self esteem in someone not fortunate enough to experience this in their home environment.

As a mentor Zonya clearly understood the phrase "it takes a village to raise a child."  She watched the impact of several females that came into the life of the young lady she was matched with. This is when she realized that it is not one influence that shapes a young girl's life, but many.    

In 1996 she was blessed with her own daughter, Morgan Taylor Brewton-Johnson. The desire to foster healthy self-esteem among girls was now transferred to her own daughter. She now had the primary responsibility for an impressionable life. When her daughter was a toddler she’d start to dispense to her life's lessons.

Zonya started writing her poetry in the early 1990s.  She wrote one of her initial poems to a friend who was undergoing a challenging time in her life. She continued to write to heal the broken hearted and to celebrate joyous events in people's lives. She even used writing as a vehicle to help her through a challenging time in her own life. Writing was definitely a place where Zonya found peace. It was a God-given gift.

"Poems to Our Daughters" was born out of Zonya's love for writing and her desire to encourage her daughter to be all that she can be and to influence women across the world to help foster healthy self-esteem among young girls. Most importantly this book shares lessons learned and taught. 

$15.99
Papberback, 5x8
ISBN: 978-159858-409-7
64 pages

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