Cassandra Mack, MSW is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Strategies for Empowered Living Inc., a New York based training and coaching company designed to help people succeed and grow.

Cassandra's mission is to motivate and inspire people to rise, succeed and shine both, personally and professionally. Cassandra’s core areas of competency are: personal development, professional development and relationship development. Cassandra achieves her mission in 5 ways. By:

1. Working with health and human service organizations to help their employees develop professional helping skills that leave their clients feeling empowered to advocate on their own behalf, informed to access important resources and motivated to change their lives for the better;
2. Creating publications and products that inspire success and growth;
3. Speaking at workshops and conferences;   
4. Developing coaching programs that help people reach their goals in a more targeted and effective way; 
5. And, by unapologetically helping people get real about their stress, mess and drama so that they can begin to acknowledge the things in their lives that create roadblocks to their success.

Cassandra wears many hats. She is a business owner, a highly sought after speaker, nationally respected consultant, a life empowerment coach, trained social worker, an educator and author. Cassandra is the voice of counsel to thousands around the world through her blogs, columns, radio appearances and books. Affectionately donned, The First Lady of Urban Self-Help, Cassandra Mack, bridges the practical with the clinical in order to provide real solutions for real people dealing with real life issues.

Cassandra has written more than ten highly-successful books that are widely utilized in schools, churches as well as health and human service organizations across the country. Some of her most popular titles include:

• Success Starts Now: Timeless Strategies To Help You Win
• Smart Moves That Successful Youth Workers Make
• From The Block To The Boardroom: Power Tools for Black Men and The Women That Love Them 
• Cool, Confident and Strong: 52 Power Moves for Girls
• Young, Gifted and Doing It: 52 Power Moves for Teens 
• The Busy Woman's Little Book of Motivation
• The Single Mom's Little Book of Wisdom
• Don't Let A Break-Up Break You Down

Cassandra has written articles for The Harlem Parent, Proud Poppa, The New York Beacon and City Chick Magazine. She’s been on Good Day New York, What Women Want and Teen Talk. She’s been featured in Black Enterprise, The Network Journal and AM New York. Cassandra is a frequent speaker at national conferences, conventions and assembly programs. Cassandra received her BA from Brooklyn College in Speech with a minor in Education and her Master’s degree in Social Work from The Hunter College School of Social Work.

Some of the organizations Cassandra Mack has worked with include: Xerox Corporation, TIA-Creff, JP Morgan Chase, Civil Service Employees Association, The National Mentoring Partnership, The Fund for The City of New York, The Support Center for Non Profit Management, Good Shepherd Services, Kean University, Rutgers University, Urban Leadership Institute, Jewish Child Care Association, Harlem Children Zone, Catholic Charities, Adolescent Resource Center At The Hunter College School of Social Work, Council of Family and Child Care Agencies, Lutheran Social Services, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Texas Network of Youth Services, National Resource Center for Youth Services, Archdiocese Drug Abuse Prevention Program, Day Care Council of New York, Big Brothers Big Sisters, NYC Administration of Children’s Services, Washington DC Department of Children and Families, Connecticut State Department of Children and Families, Bloomfield College and the Social Service Employees Union Local 371.

Over the years, Cassandra has received many prestigious awards for her work with youth and families including the: National Association on Drug Abuse Problems Community Service Award, The New York City Housing Authority Community Programming Award, the Neighborhood Prevention Network Community Service Award and the Hunter College School of Social Work Alumni Association Emerging Leaders Award.