Michanna Talley The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Company: Jazi Gifts by Michanna LLC Location: Greenville, South Carolina Website: www.jazigifts.com

Biography:
Michanna Talley is currently a law student at Stetson University College of Law in Tampa Bay, Florida.  She will graduate in May of 2011 and has plans to concentrate in environmental law, health law, intellectual property, and racial discrimination cases. This is due to her varied academic and work background as well as her business experience.

Michanna has a vast educational background.  She received a BS in Biology from Howard University.  In addition to this degree, she also received a MS in Biology from Howard (specifically Freshwater Ecology).  Michanna's thesis was entitled The Effect of Land Use on Biodiversity in Stormwater Ponds.  She researched the affect that humans have on the environment when areas are divided into residential, commercial, and open space (areas with little to no human interference).  In addition to these degrees, Michanna also holds Graduate Certification in Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Public Health) from Drexel University.  This Certification focused on the effects of the environment in which we live on health of people and whether the numbers provided (statistics) are actually significant.

In addition to a varied scholastic background, Michanna also has somewhat varied employment experience. While pursing her MS degree, Michanna taught laboratory courses at Howard in General Biology 101, Genetics, and Comparative Anatomy.  After graduating with her MS, Michanna  switched gears  from her environmental degree and worked as a Molecular Microbiologist in the Biodefense field.  She worked with bacteria that had been categorized by the US government as potential biological weapons.  Her duties included growing the bacteria and extracting their DNA.  In addition, Michanna had the responsibility of interviewing potential new biologists and training them as well.  Following a move back to her home state of South Carolina, Michanna returned to the classroom teaching General Biology 101 and 102 on the college level.  Currently, Michanna is once again set to return to the college classroom to teach Geology for University of Phoenix.

Michanna's business experience centers around her business, Jazi Gifts by Michanna, LLC.  The primary focuses of this business are four books authored and published by Michanna (all available on Amazon.com).  Her first book, 7 Steps to Healthy Natural Hair appeared in the September/October edition of Sophisticate's Black Hair Magazine. Her second book, Views of Falls Park, portrays Michanna's hobby of photography and provides photos of the lovely Falls Park in Greenville, SC.  The third book, The Effect of Land Use on Biodiversity in Stormwater Ponds, is essentially Michanna s graduate thesis made more  readable  for the everyday person to understand.  Michanna's fourth book is entitled Pregnancy Associated Exposures and the Outcome of ADHD. This book was born through research required for her Certification in Public Health.  In addition to publishing these works herself from beginning to end (writing, editing, formatting, ISBN registration, and graphic design of covers), Michanna has also published the works of others.  This is in addition to several other services offered (copyright registration, graphic design, newsletters, business cards, apparel, etc.)

Due to Michanna's varied experience she is considered an expert on many topics/issues.

Availability:
Available to speak on the following topics: Environmental issues, Stormwater Ponds, Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Academics, Self-Publishing, Natural Hair, etc.