A natural-born businesswoman, Kwamara started her entrepreneurial career at the early age of eight, when she began creating her own children’s books and then selling them to her friends. She wrote, produced,and  directed her first documentary about race relations in her town of NJ while in HS, helping her get into NYU Tisch School of the Arts and winning numerous local and national awards.  Afterwards, she had a play run in London and off Broadway, winning her both academic and monetary scholarships.  She parlayed that success into creating a non-profit organization helping students find their voice through creating TV programming and documentary styled content.  In addition she was also helping school districts develop curricula and after school programming around TV, Film, and Theater. Eventually, she decided to formalize these endeavors and create her own consulting business, TEC: Thompson Education Consulting, (TEC, LLC) helping school districts, non-profit organizations, and businesses, with professional development, programming,  and creating high-performing positive and equitable work environments.  TEC, LLC has worked with numerous organizations on their strategic growth plan for partnerships, programmatic quality, building capacity of their team, creating and managing successful teams, leading with empathy, and thinking with equity in mind.  And they have also helped countless individuals (especially within the Black community) attain their financial freedom goals.

 

As a Black female social entrepreneur, Kwamara wants those in her community to succeed, and through marrying her passions for leadership, activism, and education, she has been able to help many in her community attain their financial and entrepreneurial goals. Over the past 10 years, Kwamara has created multiple initiatives, products, and services all under the TEC, LLC umbrella, acquiring multiple streams of income, servicing individuals across the country, and helping companies create more equitable, empathetic, and human-centered organizations.

 

As an angel and seed investor, Kwamara and TEC, LLC have invested tens of thousands of dollars in 100’s of small businesses owned by black women across the country. Kwamara is recognized as an industry leader having been featured in multiple articles across the globe including CBS, NBC, Yahoo News, Business Insider, Boston Herald, MarketWatch), been featured on podcasts.  She has spoken at numerous conferences across the country and is host to a YouTube channel. 

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Kwamara also sits on the board of numerous organizations, including  iHeart Media Advisory Board, where she helps organizations think through their educational and racial justice initiatives.

 

As a social entrepreneur, Kwamara Thompson has always been fighting for positive change by leading with her passion for education. As an accomplished speaker, consultant, educator, and activist, Kwamara has started multiple ventures throughout her career to help people improve their lives, to help organizations become equity and empathy focused, and to help alleviate the structures of systemic racism.

 

Kwamara has always believed that entrepreneurship and education are often the best ways to attain financial freedom; to live the quality of life you want to live

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