Ms. Brown has spent over 22 years of her life serving as a tireless advocate on behalf of countless youth. Her Life’s purpose is to unveil human potential and to nurture that potential until it flourishes into purposeful action. In addition to serving as the Co-founder and Executive Director of Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Ms. Brown is a youth development consultant and trainer for Neighborworks America (a national non-profit community development organization) for over 9 years, and serves as a management consultant to several local and national social service groups. Formerly, Ms. Brown served as Director of Operations for the Children’s Trust Neighborhood Initiative (CTNI), a non-profit organization working in the District of Columbia to strengthen youth, families and the neighborhoods in which they live. Mary Brown received her B.S. from Xavier University in Biology. Over the years, Ms. Brown has been widely honored for her efforts, receiving awards including, but not limited to the Mayor’s Spirit of Neighborhood Action Award, Augusta Savage Arts Leadership Award, Monica Davis Show Award for Community Service and a 2007 Washington, DC Economic Partnership Innovators Award. Ms. Brown was most recently featured on the front page of the Thanksgiving 2007 Washington Post honoring five local heroes. Mary also serves on the Board of Directors for the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, See Forever Foundation/Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools, Ward 7 Arts Collaborative and Ward 7 Non-profit Consortium.