"WOMAN POWER" to feature Dwauna Maura, Mon., April 27, 2009 (6 to 8 pm) at XSCAPE Hair Studio, 9419 Common Brook Rd. in Owings Mills
Motivational Speaker/Entreprenuer Dwauna Maura
Dwauna Maura was born in Baltimore, Maryland and she is an independent entrepreneur in the skin care and beauty industry where she is recognized as a top producer! She is a powerful and energetic speaker who speaks with passion and belief with the ability to transfer vision and victory to motivate and inspire audiences to achieve their goals. She is a woman of great vision and is the epitome of “Excellence In Action”. Dwauna led her organization of over 150 women to over $2.5 million in retail sales. She resigned from her corporate job at the age of 27. Her previous occupation was a Senior Accounts Representative handling real estate foreclosures and resale of the properties. Dwauna was also responsible for the spreadsheets and analysis for the Vice President of the company. Dwauna celebrates the freedom of being an entrepreneur and the unlimited advancement opportunities while living her dream daily. Dwauna is known around the country as “The Visionary” because she has helped lead others in crystallizing there thinking.
Dwauna is part of the Speakers Network with Michael Chitwood’s Financial Institute of America and she is a graduate of the Michael Chitwood’s Speakers Network, receiving her Diploma in the study of Public Speaking in July 2006. In the skin care and beauty industry Dwauna has presented workshops around the country on Goal Setting, How To Develop a Winning Team and The Power Of The Spoken Word just to name a few. In the community a few of Dwauna’s prior speaking engagements consist of being one of the guest speakers for the Women’s Conference at Bethel A.M.E. Church where the Sr. Pastor is Dr. Frank M. Reid, III and at the Evangel Cathedral of Upper Marlboro as a part of the Speakers Network. Dwauna has also been a guest speaker for a chat group with the B.S.A.P. (Black Student Achievement Program) with High School girls and their Mothers. She is featured on www.charismafactor.com where she is noted as a motivational speaker with a motivational CD entitled “Unleash the Greatness Inside of You”. Dwauna shares tools to help you walk in abundance with the steps necessary to move forward with courage through goal-setting, visualizations and the power of affirmations.
Dwauna is also a philanthropist donating proceeds from her sales to help cancer research, domestic violence shelters and the Make A Wish foundation, helping children with illnesses.
Dwauna is a proud wife and mother and has been married for 15 years to her soul mate, Shannon Maura. They share two sons, Shannon-15 years old, and DaVonté who is 10 years old.
Dwauna’s favorite scripture: “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
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