Maria is passionate about the plight of children, education, cancer research, and human services. Previously she owned and managed multiple daycare centers. The focus of her daycare centers was educating youth and parents. She also served as a director of a cancer foundation. Her professional experience includes addressing alcoholism, substance abuse, and mental health. Maria continues to work to enhance the lives of others especially the less fortunate.

Maria Muhammad is a top-tier interior designer based in Chicago, Illinois. She studied interior design at the International Academy of Merchandising & Design. In 1998, she launched her interior design firm and focused on commercial and residential spaces. Her skill and expertise affords her the innate ability to make her client’s vision become a reality. She connects her client’s vision with their personality, environment, and current trends. Using this formula, she has transformed spaces globally.

Beyond being a public servant, she enjoys traveling, event planning, water sports, and spending time with her family.

is an accomplished attorney, wife, and mother born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Yolanda’s most important values are her faith, justice and family. If she isn’t working or reading some treatise, you can almost always find her spending time with her beloved friends and family. Though this is Yolanda’s first published novel, she has been an author of various scholarly works throughout her life.”