ANISSA RENÉ BRATHWAITE is a native of Brooklyn, New York. She takes great pride in being a product of its religious institutions and public/private school system. As New York City is the “Immigration Capital” of the world, Anissa attributes her exposure to the many ethnocentric differences in her community as direct influences that have shaped her mode of thinking. Her sincere, objective openness to people, circumstances, change, and diversity has afforded Anissa with the