Dr. Laure Ndeutchoua was born in Cameroon where she spent her childhood. Her call and vision to be blessing to others came while she was living with her uncle. She lost her father at the age of 9, leaving her mother with 6 children. Her mother (late) could not care for all her children and since in the tradition, “when a child fails, it is the mother’s fault, she did not want to get in trouble. Therefore, her mother decided to send her to leave with her uncle.
Despite the fact that she did not live in a situation of poverty, she recollects and describes that time and situation as poverty according to her as a child, which she named today a Mental Poverty due to many personal experiences. She grew up with a deep appreciation of her live and believes that God has giving her a mission to empower others to succeed. Nobody chooses to be born in poverty, she states, as poverty can be mental or economic.
Each human being living in poverty encounters personal experiences that defines their situation. She then made the promise to herself to carry on this mission by offering to orphans, underprivileged, abandoned, underserved, and rejected children, young men and women and their familiesopportunities to not only survive, but thrive as leaders of tomorrow.
“In our own strength and abilities we can sometimes do the possible, but Gods grace empowers the Christian to do the impossible”
Dr Larry Ollison. 2013
The Power of Grace Foundation is a 501 c 3 nonprofit corporation established in 2010. Initially registered as the Women of Grace, then the Women of Grace in Mission, my vision was driven by the her life experiences.
Founded, governed, and lead by dedicated people to assume the responsibility for redefining the future of young men and women in our communities, in our nation, and around the world. We simply believe that everybody has the potential to achieve if he/sheis given the opportunity to thrive. The Power of Grace Foundation was born to a vision to be a catalyst organization that embraces and stands for girls and women betterment as the game-changing factor of women’s future: Women of today and Women of tomorrow.
The Power of Grace Foundation, initially called the Women of Grace since its inception has been guided by its founding Cardinal values of diversity and leads one single Mission with an international reach and a global agenda.
We are therefore, the face of diversity as we work at home and around the world with women, men, and children from all walks of life, across all the generations with absolutely no distension, nor discrimination on Race, religion,and sexual orientation to:
(1) ensure that young men, women, and our next generation get equipped with the knowledge and support to develop to the fullest extent of their human potential
(2) achieve their lifetime capacity and ambitions with the support, the resources, the programs and services of our organization.
Leading as one, One Vision, One mission, is the fundamental strategic orientation of the organization’s governance that breaks down what makes us, defines us , set us apart as an organization with a unique focus and value proposition.
The Power of Grace foundation, with the strategy “Leading as one, One Vision, One mission”, opens door to anyone interested in taking a glimpse or a deep dive about who we are, what we do, where and how we work, or the Cardinal values we stand for, could get all the inside that she or he needs to join us in the trailblazing and amazing journey to changing the future of young men and women: changing to an alternative better future that is possible and that we are making happen wherever we engage around the globe.
PRINCESS ROMY’S
Sr. Programmer/Analyst II
Best known in the Fashion World as Princess Romy, Rose Mireille (where comes the nickname Romy) Siewe-Gorsuch is Royalty, hailing from the beautiful village of Bana in Cameroon. Moved to France at early age to pursuit her education where she completed her master’s degree in financial accounting, undergraduate in computer science. She is a mother and a wife happily married. She held several responsibilities in Paris where she worked as senior accountant in Anderson Consulting, Responsible of the accounting department in Catherine Delannoy, contractor at Renault and Servair-Air France.
Although busy with her career, she fell in love with entrepreneurship and owned clothing boutiques in Switzerland and Paris where she successfully planned several fashion shows. Mrs. Gorsuch now lives in Maryland, working as a Programmer Analyst since 2000, she has been working in a Corporate in Washington DC as Senior Software Engineer in C#, Java, React.js , using Agile Development Process. She also continues to enjoy the Fashion Business.
During these years, she has been runway model, top Stylist and Fashion consultant. In USA, she opened a boutique for private sales and produced several fashion shows. She has been the Official stylist for Miss Africa USA for 4 years in a row and has also styled celebrities including the Founder of Miss Africa USA Lady Kate, the formal Chair Woman of ACCDF, Hope Sullivan (CEO of Sullivan Foundation), just to name the ones known in our community. She has also been one of the judges of Miss Glamour for Nagwa’s Boutique and for Miss Cameroon USA Pageant.
Princess Romy takes pride in her ability to multitask – she loves to be busy! Between works, fashion clothing boutique and stylist, the social responsibilities she is active member of Notables and All Cameroonian Cultural Foundation.
She loves her family, friends and enjoys travelling, dancing and playing Tennis.
Princess Romy has held several positions as a community leader by serving the Haut-Nkam community, ACCDF, coordinating the kids fashion show and as a board member in other organizations.
Dr. CHRISTIANA CHINYERE KEKE-EKEKWE
DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CRNP.
Dr.Chinyere Ekekwe is the owner and CEO of Chariss Family Medical Clinic and Med Spa Inc. and has over 26 years’ experience in healthcare. She is a National Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, and an alumna of the Southeastern University, University of the District of Columbia, University of Maryland School of Nursing, and Walden University. Dr. Chinyere graduated cum laude from University of Maryland School of Nursing and Summa cum laude from Walden University. Dr. Chinyere Ekekwe has training, certification, and a degree in obesity management, Medical Esthetic, and Advanced Botox and Dermal Fillers. She is the author of Development and Validation of an Adult Diet and Physical Activity Program in Primary Care Setting. Dr. Chinyere Ekekwe has served several years in state and federal government and has held several prominent positions ranging from Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, and Acting Medical Director. She currently works as a Family Nurse Practitioner for the Government of the District of Columbia where she drives pleasure in providing excellent medical care to the Youths. She served in many community organizations and is a founding member for NANNPU-DMV.
Dr. Gilles Lewe
Pharmacist PG hospital, Chairman, Board of Directors chairman.
Dr. Gilles Lewe was born in Cameroon where he completed part of his studies. He is a father and is happily married. He is employed as a pharmacist supervisor at University of Maryland Capital Region Health in Cheverly, Maryland. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy (2015). He completed his internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2012 to 2015, where he was part of the medication history pilot project. It was such a successful project in reducing patient hospital stay that it created 3 permanent positions for qualified pharmacy technicians. Dr, Lewe is involved with the monitoring of pharmacy daily operation and development of new workflow to improve patient outcome. He is also responsible of the implementation of new clinical protocol and quality assurance in the pharmacy department. Dr. has a big passion to serve underprivilege communities. He has participated in planning and hosting of several health fairs and community program. His experiences in community health management will be great tool serve as the president of this board.
Mrs. Agnes Quartey
Nurse coordinator Metro Homes, Inc
Mrs. Agnes Quartey was born in Ghana. She currently resides in Maryland and works in the District of Columbia. She is a mother, grand-mother and community activist. She has long years of experience in the field of disabilities. As an IDD nurse, she has developed the passion to care for person with IDD and underprivileged and underserved population. She is a strong advocate of individuals’ rights. Her willingness to serve as a board member provides the PoG with an unbiased and impartial perspectives on issues brought to the board for effective solutions.