HEIDI WILLIAMS

Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Heidi Williams is currently a tenured Associate Professor at Tennessee State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Nashville, TN. In addition to TSU, she has taught at Murray State University in Murray, KY, and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Although Heidi faced many adversities and challenges, she earned her doctorate degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in Rhetoric and Composition and earned her Bachelor's degree and Master's degree from Murray State University, with concentrations in English Education and Literature. Aside from her career, Heidi is a homeschooling mother of two girls, a photographer, and a writer. She vividly remembers that Thursday evening getting a phone call from her brother during her American Literature class that their cousin died by suicide. It was the same voice of her brother that would make the call on New Year’s Day in 2014 telling her that their beloved stepfather had passed away, only to learn later that he passed from an overdose. Heidi uses her platform as a professor and writer to raise awareness on mental health and to support her family’s foundation.

SABRINA TERRELL

Reach 1 Teach 1 Love 1 holds our Co-Founder, Sabrina Terrell, and her family close to our hearts, as they continue on to another chapter. Sabrina’s encouragement helped make our vision become a reality. We will continue to work diligently to keep Shauna’s memory alive as well as Shauna’s wish to “start the conversation.”