Shemeka Brathwaite
"The Career Stylist"
Shemeka Kim Brathwaite, MSEd, has been professionally known as "The Career Stylist" for some years due to her ability to help clients discover their career dreams, and develop a unique pathway for its successful attainment. She continues to exemplify the ability to design and reach her own dreams as the founder of Divine Vessels Empowerment, providing dynamic presentations to various audiences.
Shemeka is especially well qualified to speak on career and professional development with firsthand knowledge and experience in the fast-paced New York City work-lifestyle and fashion industry. She has worked at major design firms such as Liz Claiborne, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Jones Apparel Group as a technical designer. Currently she works as a job search coach to countless individuals.
Her accomplishments have earned her recognition from the Who's Who among American Colleges & Universities, various organizations and the media. Her award winning poem Virtuous Woman is published in the anthology entitled Our Stories, Ourselves: The EmBODYment of Women's Literacy (WE LEARN, 2011). In addition, her article on vocational education in New York is published in Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning.
As a spoken word performing artist, Shemeka has performed at the famous Nyurorican Poets Caf, The Afrikan Poetry Theater, and in the choreopoem stage play The Poets Testimony.
Shemeka serves on the board of the Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island Area Health Education Center, The Brooklyn Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Womens Clubs, Inc. as Director of Public Relations, and the editorial board for Signature Caribbean Weddings. Her professional affiliations also include membership in the National Career Development Association and the The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.
As a lifelong learner, Shemeka received her BS from Syracuse University, Coaching Certification from New York University and her MS in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from Fordham University.
