This document announces a panel discussion titled "EMPOWER" hosted by Jennifer Glen on April 22nd at Eastern Nazarene College. The panel will feature four speakers: Montague Williams, a professor from ENC; Shelly Nataki Greaves, a theater student at ENC; Yusuf Mansaray, a senior studying law at ENC; and Jennifer Glen, a biology student at ENC and moderator of the panel. The discussion aims to inspire and empower individuals facing marginalization and bring the ENC community together. Brief biographies are provided for each panelist describing their backgrounds, areas of study or work, and goals.

1. EMPOWER
Presented by ENC Student Government
&
ALANA
Hosted by Jen Glen
Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:00pm Ruth Cameron Auditorium
This panel discussion is meant to inspire and
empower individuals who wish to persevere
despite constant marginalization
and overall bring the ENC community together.
Montague Williams -
■ Hometown : Chicago, Illinois
■ School/Affiliation: Eastern Nazarene College
■ Montague Williams is a professor in the
Division of Religion and Philosophy at Eastern
Nazarene College. For the past three summers,
he has provided leadership for the Summer
Institute for the Gifted as the Assistant Director
of the Boston University site and then the
Director of the Harvard University site. Prior
to moving to the Boston area, he served in
Kansas City as Associate Pastor and Director of
the ReThink Program at the Kansas City
Urban Youth Center and in Chicago as the
Associate Pastor for Youth and Families at
Wildwood Church of the Nazarene. He holds a
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from
Olivet Nazarene University; a Master of
Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary;
and is completing his PhD at Boston University.
His research analyzes the theologies and
practice of reconciliation among youth
ministries in multicultural congregations.
Shelly Nataki Greaves
■ Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
■ Major : Theater Arts
■ School/Affiliation: Eastern Nazarene College
■ Shelly Nataki Greaves is a junior at Eastern
Nazarene College, her family is from Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and
grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended
Friendship Academy of Science & Technology Middle
and High School. While in high school she Bible
quizzed for 5 years and participated in the Encounter
program at Center stage for 2 years. She also ran
track, grew up with her mother Carla, stepfather
John, brother Luke, sister Priscilla, and brother
Miguel. So far she has been involved in numerous
productions at Eastern Nazarene College, such as A
Raisin in the Sun, James & the Giant Peach, Medea,
and The Bible’s Women Project. She has also been a
director for plays such as Tara Brooke Watkin’s Pariah
Theater, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered
Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Her dream is to do
theater in troubled communities like her own, and
eventually around the world. She wants to change the
world through her passion in theater arts.
Yusuf Mansaray -
■ Hometown : Boston, Massachusetts
■ Major : Crime Law Justice; Legal Track
■ School/Affiliation : Eastern Nazarene College
■ Yusuf Mansaray is a senior who is an aspiring lawyer,
follower of Christ, and lover of gummy worms. His life goal
is to do as much for those in need as much as he can while
raising his family. For him a degree is a stepping stone in
life, as an African American male growing up in Boston, it’s
easy to fall into the fold. By this meaning its easy to become
what he sees, what is expected of him, and what is offered.
Being an outlier is difficult in any community, especially in
the African American. He has friends and family that are in
difficult places in life , some because they choose to meet
expectations set for them by society, others because they
simply have no other choice. His dream is to help provide
other alternatives to those who do not have a choice, while
showing others that they should aspire to be more than
what society expects of them.
ENC Panelists
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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries
with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill

2. Maria Anaya
■ Hometown: RedWood City, California
■ School/Affiliation: Harvard Graduate School of Education
■ Maria Anaya is a Product Strategy Manager in Higher Education at Pearson.
Prior to joining Pearson, Maria developed and managed program expansion plans
and partnership engagement for an educational nonprofit with a mission to
expand the academic and career options for girls in science, technology, and
engineering. She is a Teach for America alumni and taught 7th grade math and
science in San Jose, CA. Maria received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from
Lizbeth Hernandez
■ Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
■ Major: Government Minor: Psychology
■ School/Affiliation: Harvard University
■ Lizbeth is a junior pursuing a concentration in Government and a secondary
in Psychology, as well as a language citation in French. On campus, she is the
Operations Manager for the Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s daily newspaper.
Elizabeth Garcia
■ Hometown: Palmetto, Florida
■ Major : Government , Minor : Economics
■ School/Affiliation : Harvard University
■ Elizabeth is a junior pursuing a concentration in Government and a secondary
in Economics. She plans to attend business school following two years of work
experience after college, and she hopes to run for political office in the future.
At Harvard University, she is involved with Latinas Unidas (LU), she is
involved with Women in Business (WIB), the Harvard Square Homeless
Shelter (HSHS), Keylatch After-School Mentoring, the Harvard Latino
Student Alliance (HLSA), and Taekwondo. She recently served as the
Executive Director of the 8th annual Latina Empowerment & Development
( LEAD) Conference, and is now serving as the President of LU, the Diversity
Director of WIB and as the Vice-President of HLSA. She is also a statistic tutor
for the Bureau of Study Counsel and a Government Peer Concentration
Counselor for Harvard’s Development of Government. Elizabeth’s parents
immigrated from Mexico and Guatemala at a young age, and their life stories
have influenced her long-term goals. She hopes to make a difference in the
world through public service and her greatest desire is to make a lasting
impact on the lives of people everywhere.
■ Hometown: Elmsford, New York
■ Major : Biology Minor: Psychology
■ School/Affiliation: Eastern Nazarene
College
■ Jennifer Glen is a junior pursuing a
concentration in Biology with a secondary
in Psychology. She is also a student at the 3
year summer Northeast Regional Alliance
(NERA) Med prep Scholars Program at
Columbia University. She is a volunteer at
the Cancer Outpatient Center at
Massachusetts General Hospital. She is
part of the mentorship program for
middle school and high school students
back in her hometown. Her main passion
is to motivate others to be the best they can
be. In the future she hopes to become a
physician and to continue doing clinical
translational research.
Jennifer Glen ( Moderator)
Panelists from Harvard University