Empowered Magazine Alumni

Andrea Cook

Education, technology, sports, Hiphop, and social media.

https://www.andreacook.net/

https://www.facebook.com/anderson.andie.1

https://www.instagram.com/edtechnext/

Empowered Alumni Spotlight

As a lifelong learner, Andrea Cook is passionate about education, technology, sports, Hiphop, and
social media. Andrea has spun all of those passions into her own Edtech company called EdTechNext,
a technology training business for learners of all ages. She also is the Chief Relationships Officer at
Leanlab Education in Kansas City, Missouri. Andrea holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, a
Master’s Degree and an Education Specialist Degree in Educational Technology; all from the University
of Central Missouri. Her knowledge and 20 years of education experience has been shared
internationally at the International Society of Technology Education (ISTE) and at the Family Online
Safety Institute (FOSI). Nationally at Googlepalooza, the Missouri Research and Education Network
(MORENET), and the Midwest Education Technology Community (METC).
She has also been published in the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
on Flipped Model professional development. Andrea is an asset to the education community with a
growing professional learning network on social media platforms.
EXAMPLE 1:
Kathy Foster is a seasoned real estate executive driven by client service and holistic strategy approach.
With over 25 years in real estate, including managing in-house corporate real estate and tenant
brokerage. Kathy brings a wealth of knowledge to her clients. For the past 10 years, Kathy has been
Managing Director of Corporate Solutions at the Colliers International advising a wide range of clients
on their real estate needs. She received her Master’s in Commercial Real Estate with CoreNet, was
honered in 2015 as a Top Woman in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal and in 2017 was
awarded Commercial Real Estate Broker of the Year by the AZ Journal of Real Estate and Business.
Kathy also spends time volunteering and serving on a number of non-profit boards. Kathy’s service
focus and unique perspective bring a different and more comprehensive approach. Combined with her
understanding of workplace strategies and corporate facilities, all roads lead to Kathy as the the one to
go to for real estate needs.
EXAMPLE 2:
As a creative writer and entrepreneur, Chelsea Young is passionate about the written word. She has
been the editor-in-chief of “SO Scottsdale” for two years, and her prior magazine publishing career
includes being an editor at AAA Arizona Highroads and Where publications in Phoenix and Scottsdale,
Tuscon and Denver. With a Master’s degree in professional writing, Chelsea truly lives in a world of
words, having written two novels and a screenplay. Chelsea is also the author of the Color Everything
children’s book series, with the first book – The Color of Mother – set to publish in fall of 2018. With
these books, she seeks to encourage and empower, bringing joy and love to young hearts everywhere.
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Additionally. Chelsea is the founder of Young Creative, a writing and editing company. A skilled
wordsmith with a keen editor’s eye, Chelsea offers content creation services through Young Creative
ranging from book editing and blogging to writing web copy and marketing collateral.
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