Two successful women entrepreneurs share strategies for surviving and thriving in business in Celebration of National Women’s History Month
Join Mary Grate-Pyos, MBA, Author and Financial Expert, on Sunday, March 24, 2013, as she host “Tea and Conversation” in honor of Women’s History Month at the Elegant Akwaaba Bed and Breakfast, 1708 16th Street, NW in Washington, D.C., 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration is required at Eventbrite, “Tea and Conversation.”

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) — Mary Grate-Pyos is the President of Financially Focused, Inc., Chief PearlPreneur of My Pearl Power and the author of Wealthy Woman – Wise Choices. She is committed to encouraging, empowering and educating others to live positively; believe in possibilities; and achieve prosperity in life. She is a former columnist with Capital Spotlight Newspaper, Washington, DC and earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, and a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Mathematics from Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina.
This event will highlight two successful women entrepreneurs: Kathryn Freeland, Author, CEO & President of A-Tek, Inc. and Monique Greenwood, Proprietor of Akwaaba Bed and Breakfasts, located in Washington, DC, Cape May, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine. They will share their strategies and actions steps for surviving and thriving in business, even in tough times, and how they are defining success on their own terms.
“What a joy to host an event that features two phenomenal women who are driven, dedicated to the success of their company, and willing to sow a bit of wisdom into the lives of other women! Women’s History Month is a great opportunity to highlight the accomplishment of women and our tenacity to win in spite of the challenges that may surface. Kathy and Monique are both a force to be reckoned with in the business world and I am so proud of them,” says Author and Event Host, Mary Grate-Pyos. Press should contact Patricia McClenic at (703) 861-6312.
March is Women’s History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.
Photo Caption: Mary Grate-Pyos, author and president, Financially Focused, Inc.
