The Amazing Tei Street

To be a seed grounded in self, rooted in community, means to teach what you know, and still leave room for self to grow.

Tei Street is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of driving strategic growth and operational excellence across diverse industries. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Tei has consistently delivered results by fostering collaborative environments and implementing innovative solutions. 

Tei’s expertise extends to board governance, where she has served on multiple boards, providing strategic guidance and oversight. She is adept at navigating complex challenges, building strong relationships, and driving consensus among stakeholders.

Known for her passion for developing young people, Tei excels at identifying opportunities, developing actionable plans, and executing initiatives that deliver tangible outcomes. She is a results-oriented leader with a strong commitment to integrity and ethical conduct. Tei's leadership style is characterized by her ability to inspire and empower teams, fostering a culture of accountability and high performance. 

Tei is family-oriented. She enjoys reading political autobiographies and volunteering in her community.

Shantel Williams-Rivers

To be a seed grounded in self, rooted in community means knowing who you are and letting others love you through your growth. It’s remembering you don’t have to do it all alone.

Shantel is a Life Coach, Author, Certified Minister, and Safe Space Curator who creates healing spaces rooted in truth, connection, and care—especially for neurodivergent Black women. As the founder of Dropping Gems, both a talk show and a growing online platform, she brings people together for raw, honest conversations around healing, relationships, and self-worth.

With lived experience and spiritual grounding at the core of her work, Shantel blends compassion, accountability, and community care to help others feel seen, supported, and never alone. Whether she’s coaching one-on-one or leading group discussions, her mission is clear: to help people unlearn survival mode and embrace joy, softness, and belonging.

Tecca Thompson

To be a seed grounded in self, rooted in community, means to honor your natural cycles, to know when to pause, when to soften, and when to bloom. It means choosing rest as a sacred act that refuels not only you but the entire ecosystem around you. Seeds do not bloom by force. They follow a divine pattern of contraction, stillness, rest, then expansion. When we honor that rhythm in ourselves, we strengthen the roots of community. Rest becomes the quiet power that nourishes collective healing, connection, and transformation.

Tecca Thompson, also known as The Rested Black Woman, is a somatic practitioner, breathwork facilitator, and the founder of Sacred Healing Spaces. She creates spaces where Black women can soften, exhale, and return to themselves. Through rest, breath, story, and ritual, she guides individuals and communities into deeper connection with their bodies and their truth. Her work blends somatic practice with cultural care, helping people interrupt patterns of urgency and reclaim rest as a source of power. Tecca is known for her gentle, grounded presence and her ability to hold space for healing in both personal and collective settings. Her workshops and teachings support nervous system repair, embodied leadership, and the soft strength it takes to live a liberated life.

Stephanie Finoti

To be a seed grounded in self, rooted in community, means to honor where you come from, carry the strength of your story, and use it to grow not just for yourself, but to break barriers, uplift others, and plant lasting change for the generations that follow.

Stephanie Finoti is a former Miss Ohio 2024 and a Biomedical Scientist committed to advancing equity in healthcare and education. As the founder of "That STEM Girl initiative", she empowers underrepresented youth to lead in medicine and STEM through mentorship, access, and advocacy. A first-generation Brazilian-American and former CREATES-HS scholar at The James Comprehensive Cancer Center, an initiative focused on creating opportunities for marginalized communities in Columbus, 

Stephanie’s journey has taken her from a redlined neighborhood into rooms with medical leaders shaping the future of healthcare. With years of clinical and research experience, she uses her voice to champion representation, dismantle systemic barriers, and plant the seeds for lasting change.