Sacred Jewel

About the Author

Ann-Marie Zoe Coore, a native Jamaican, has over twenty years of experience in international public health and international business. She has worked for organizations and youth programs such as the CDC Parent Matters Project, the Office of Minority Health, and Integrated Social Solutions/AstraZeneca. Ann-Marie is the President and Founder of Coore Foundation, and its subsidiary Girls Right Of Way (GROW)
www.girlsrightofway.org. She leads the Coore Foundation's annual "HIV, STD, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Camps" in the Caribbean, the USA, South & Central America, and Africa. Ann-Marie also develops, implements, and monitors intervention programs for children in twenty-three countries around the world. These programs include GROW Literacy reading centers; GROW Sole providing new and lightly used shoes to those in need and GROW Rhythm music schools for children in high crime and under-resourced communities.

She is currently leading work with "GOD ROCKS", her publishing, production, and promotion company, and "I AM A QUINTESSENTIAL WOMAN", her company that supports women around the world to move mountains through women empowering women in an atmosphere of caring and mutual respect developing their essential self while starting, leading, and sustaining their essential work. Richard Anthony Kentish is an illustrator based in Kingston, Jamaica. His illustrations include various works such as children's books, pinups, portraits, and comic-style art. He studied at Oberlin High School and then did an Associate degree in Animation at Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI). His future plan is to continue illustrating more books for children that he hopes will empower and enhance their lives.