Professional Women's Forum Luncheon!

Name: Professional Women's Forum Luncheon!
Start: 2024-10-09T11:30:00-04:00
Location: Sedona Taphouse (Lexington-Palomar, KY)

Schedule

Wed Oct 09 2024 at 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Sedona Taphouse (Lexington-Palomar, KY) | Lexington, KY

Mariama Lockington is an award-winning author that has made the Bluegrass State her home. Mariama will be sharing some of the challenges she has encountered on her journey to becoming a multiple award-winning author. She will share her secrets to success and how we can apply them on our journey to success.
Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, author, and educator. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore shortalls and flower leggings every day to school. Mariama’s middle-grade debut, For Black Girls Like Me, earned five starred reviews and was a Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019. Her sophomore middle-grade book, In The Key of Us, earned a Stonewall Honor award and was featured in the New York Times. Her debut young adult novel, Forever is Now, is the 2024 winner of the Schneider Family Book Award.