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Aprill Edwards
Hello! I’m Aprill Edwards!
I am founder and CEO of Because She Matters LLC. My mission is to educate and empower women and girls, primarily of color, on how to create a powerful, purposeful life for them and those around them by discovering and tapping into the true power within. I believe that the ability to create the life we truly desire is found by tapping into ourselves. So, I use tools and strategies related to self-discovery, self-esteem, self-help, self-empowerment, and self-love to shed the layers inhibiting them from living their most powerful, most powerful life.
I’m just a beautiful brown girl in a big ole world here to shake things up a bit. I believe, wholeheartedly, that God has called me—putting me on the frontline to share my voice, my skills, and my life—the bad and the beautiful—to help position women and girls to live a healthy, happy, healed and whole life.
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Aprill has served her community in numerous capacities and has had her service acknowledged with the following accolades:
- Advancing Indy Women In Leadership Program
- Springfield Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty
- Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership graduate
- Big Brother Big Sister of Central Illinois mentor
- Noontime Toastmasters Club, president
- District 186 Youth Leadership Saturday Academies, organizer/leader
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In all, the accomplishment I am most proud of and that deems me highly qualified to serve others is that I am a Certified Overcomer of the very issues that I serve and support others in. I am in love with life. I believe in the possibilities. I am backed by God. And, I am ready. Stick around and explore my page…and let’s connect soon.
I am grateful and thankful for my journey. And I am even more grateful to use my platform to serve and support other women and girls. Both Because She Matters and Define Your Skinny® are two programs that I was divinely inspired to create. I am confident that they will both help many women and girls conquer the world, one action and one step at a time.
Aprill has invested heavily in professional development to fully support and serve women:
- MBA, National – Louis University
- ISSA Certified in Fitness and Sports Nutrition
- Certified Success/Life Coach
- AFFA Certified Group Fitness Instructor
- Certified Program Manager
- AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Transformation Coach
- Award-Winning Toastmaster
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