Rev. Dr. Carolyn N. Graham B.Msc., M.Ed., M.P.A., M.Div., D.Min. Rev. Dr. Graham serves as the Founder/CEO of The Mary Elizabeth House, Inc., A Ministry in Washington, DC. The organization serves teen and young adult mothers both in and out of the child welfare system. The organization serves 23 young mothers and their children who attend the onsite AsA Early Learning Academy. A multi-disciplinary team of 28 human service and education specialists supports the work. Dr. Graham believes that the young women served by the organization can succeed in life and live on the other side of poverty if they are supported in awakening the power of potential that resides deep within each of them. Daily, she commits herself to this effort. Dr. Graham is a recent recipient of a Reflective Leadership Grant from the Leadership Education program at Duke Divinity School, and used a portion of the grant to support this work. She is a practicing Spiritual Director and a licensed and ordained minister in the Baptist denomination and in Metaphysical Science. Dr. Graham is the mother of one son, Kofi Graham, and three grandchildren, Ashanti, Amir, and Sanaa.