Board Member

Samantha Rose Balaba is a National Honor Society senior at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, MD, where she actively engages in numerous extracurricular activities such as the Varsity Cheer Team, The Community Service Club, and STEM Club, where she currently holds the position of Vice President..

Her outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills have enabled her to successfully serve in various leadership roles including two-time Captain of the Fashion Bootcamp program in Montgomery County MD, Student Body president, and camp counselor.

Ms. Balaba has recently been accepted into the Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she plans to pursue her studies in Business Management starting in fall 2023. Throughout her childhood

Ms. Balaba has been dedicated to serving her community in various capacities such as volunteering with the DUNN Foundation to pack backpacks for students in need, donating canned goods to the Washington DC Food pantry to combat food insecurity, organizing clothing drives with A Wider Circle to collect professional clothing, and contributing as a brain development research study participant at the National Institutes of Health, an activity that has been a significant part of her life since the age of eight.”

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Board Member

Dr. Lillian Agbeyegbe is a public health practitioner with over decades of experience in program planning and implementation. She earned her Doctor of Public Health degree from University of North Texas Health Science Center, and her Master of Public Health (MPH) in Community Health Education from The City University of New York – Hunter College. She earned her Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Dr. Agbeyegbe has worked on the issues that disproportionately affect women including human trafficking, healthy housing, homelessness, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, and female genital mutilation.

Dr. Agbeyegbe is the founder of The Rest Of A Life (TROAL) and has served on many boards including the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) and Court Watch Montgomery County. She is currently serving a second-term as the Maryland Governor's appointee on the state Family Violence Council. 

Dr. Agbeyegbe is an adjunct faculty at the HBCU, Bowie State University, where she teaches a graduate class in domestic violence crisis counseling. She is the Community Engagement Manager on the Strategic Initiative on Sex Trafficking team at Polaris, a leading national anti-trafficking organization.

Dr. Agbeyegbe is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and is also Certified in Public Health (CPH).

Deputy Public Relations Officer

Ms. Vivian Idowu received her Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Biology from Morgan State University, in Baltimore, MD and Masters of Arts (MA) Degree in Strategic Communications and Public Relations from Trinity Washington University, in Washington, DC. 

Ms. Idowu has a passion for marketing and public relations especially towards supporting women to become better than they were yesterday hence, her alliance with She Rises Int’l, Inc. 

Professionally, Ms. Idowu currently works as a Communication Specialists at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with HR&A.