Health, Empowerment, Resilience, Self-worth

Dr. Boz is your favorite life coach who holistically supports you in creating space for yourself and your joy. While Got HE.R.S Get More Coaching was established in 2020, Dr. Boz has been coaching in some capacity for more 25 years. Her work spans the continental United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland and India.
Community
Dr. Boz began her first job in human services at 20, and since then she has worked with youth and families in several capacities, from crisis intervention to family stabilization. She has collaborated with and consulted for the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Youth Services, after school programs, Job Corps, summer camps, and community centers. In 2006, she established her own arts and mentoring program,
K.Y.D.S -Keep Youth Dreaming and Striving.
Education
With a special education teacher certification, Dr. Boz taught in alternative high schools for 15 years. She has consulted as a Behavior Specialist for an inner city public school, and taught as an adjunct professor in Education & Human Services, and is faculty for the Institute for Equity Centered Coaching. Dr. Boz has B.A. in Sociology, and an M.S. in Nonprofit and Philanthropy, and a PhD in Social and Community Service. Her research of course, involves young women.
Prose
In 2007 she published her first poetry collection under her pen name Brenda's Child. In 2010 she published her memoir and parenting advice book- The Right Amount of Sunshine...Cultivating Little Girls into Young Ladies
Since then, she has published more than a dozen other books of various genres, all with similar themes of H.E.R.S.
In 2012 she challenged herself by collaborating with two fellow artists to help write, direct, and act in the stage play
The Thick Chronicles...A Body Image Story
which has toured college campuses in the New England Area.
Dr. Boz was a longtime contributor for the monthly publication An African-American Point of View Newspaper where she wrote about issues specifically impacting women of color. Her parenting and self-esteem articles are have been featured on Blackandmarriedwithkids.com and ForHarriet.com
She was also an original columnist for Lioness Magazine, an online publication for women entrepreneurs.
Recognition
Dr. Boz has received multiple awards for her empowerment work including: 100 Women of Color, Eyes of Courage, Business West's 40 under 40, one of Business West's 2022 Women of Impact, Pioneer Valley's 2023 Goddess Award, the 2024 Hometown Hero Award