Tanya Simmons was born May 6, 1970. She received her
formal education form Francis Patton Primary and Berkley
Institute. She then attended the Bermuda College and
later Howard University in Washington D.C upon graduating
she received her Bachelor of Science degree with a major
in speech pathology and minor in special education.
After graduation she commenced work at Sheridan Park
Elementary in Hollywood, Florida as a speech pathologist.
After spending a year in Hollywood she returned home
to Bermuda working at the bank of N.T. Butterfield for
a year and then was recruited by Whitney Institute Middle
School as a learning support teacher. Through her experiences
and interactions with many of the female students at
Whitney, her desire grew to help young women during
their trying teenager years and help them get on track
to leading full and purposeful lives surfaced.
In 2002 the ‘Young Woman With A Purpose’
vision was birthed and a summer camp for teenager girls
was successfully completed with twenty-three girls graduating
from the program. After having completing its second
term functioning as a summer program, in September 2003
‘Young Women With A Purpose ‘ became a full
time program. To date there has been approximately 150
young girls who have been exposed to the teaching of
the program.
Since which Mrs. Simmons has spread her wings and now
oversees ‘Discovering The Woman Within’,
a program for woman aged 19 –100 and ‘Young
Seeds Of Promise’ a summer camp for little girls
aged 4-12 projected to start in July 2005.
This awesome woman of God is wife to Frank Simmons,
mother to Jadon, Tamera, Zharrin Simmons and a foster
parent to Stephanie Williams. Her favorite scripture
is Jeremiah 29:11 “ For I know the thoughts I
think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and
not evil, to give you a future and hope. (NKJV)”
encourages her to be steadfast to her calling and soaring
to the limitless heights God is taking he fearlessly.
She is known for her love of pink, which can be seen
in every facet of her program.
Her hearts desire is to inspire women, both young and
old, to discover their God given purpose and fulfill
their destiny.
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