My journey includes awards, accolades, anguish and accomplishments. My professional journey includes administration, project management, operations, management, program evaluation and leading teams across a variety of industries.

BLOGGING: An ESL Educator who leapt into personal blogging March 2009, navigated my way through social media marketing, mental health blogging and event blogging, hung out as a faith blogger now returning to personal blogging and as an Event Creator in 2026.

Major Milestones Along My Blogging Journey:

2009

• March – started my first blog prayingforpurpose.blogspot.com
• May – stopped blogging due to graduate school

2011

• September 17 – started womenaregamechangers.com
• October – landed first paid gig covering an event
• December- covered Nzuri as one of the first bloggers for their blogosphere

2012

• March- landed my first author client
• April- landed my second client; a CPA.
• May- started 1^st YouTube channel
• May- started Fusion Tour as an intimate conversation tour for women entrepreneurs
• September- hosted my 1^st gala for nonprofits
• October- hosted my 1^st blog conference
• One of the top 1% Most Viewed Profiles on LinkedIn in 2012
• October- social media street team for Texas Conference for Women
• October- won a pitch competition from Peoplefund to turn Fusion into Fusion Tour [Business Competition Winner 2012]
• Had my own TV show, ‘Ms. Gamechanger Knows’ on the Urban Houston Network
• Best Business Blog from Black Weblog Awards

2013

• “Ms. Gamechanger Knows” it was my talk show based on my blog for Urban Houston Network
• November- started vernettarfreeney.com
• Judge for the National American Miss pageant
• Fusion Tour went to 5 cities
• Blogger for Spark & Hustle, Women of Power Summit, Females are Fabulous Conference,
• Speaker at the Texas Conference for Women
• 2013 Amazing Woman of the Year by Stiletto Woman
• One of the 50 Fabulous Women Entrepreneurs on Black Business Women Online
• November- featured in AfroElle Magazine
• Best Business Blog from Black Weblog Awards
• The Social Impact Award – Black Bloggers Connect
• Best Business 2013- Badass Blog Awards
• Girl Crush! 25 Sites for Women Entrepreneurs to Love – She Owns It

2014

• Judge for the National American Miss pageant
• Fusion Tour continued to new cities
• Featured on cnbc.com as an accidental entrepreneur
• Spoke at 3 blog conferences; Blogger Week, Blog Elevated, Blogalicious
• November- Started the formation of Houston African American Bloggers Association
• Houston Heroes by Services Cooperative Association

2015

• Top 100 Young Professionals in Houston
• Officially launched Houston African American Bloggers Association and hosted its first ever blog conference
• Part of the team that created Powerhouses United Launch
• Blogger for Verizon Minority Owned Business Summit

2016

• January- launched podcast, ‘A Toast To Truths’
• Forbes: Startups Are Personal: No Entrepreneur is an Island
• Finally got the trademark for Women Are Gamechangers
• Went to Haiti on a service/mission trip
• Guest on EOFire podcast

2017

• May- AT&T Influencer for Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit
• Spoke at the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators
• Sold Women Are Gamechangers
• Blogger for Miller Lite Tap the Future Business Competition
• Guest on Entrepreneur on Fire podcast

2018

• Spoke at REAP (Research Extension Apprentice Program) at Prairie View A & M to teen entrepreneurs
• Stepped down as Organizer of HAAB

2019

• Blogger for Cirque du Soleil Luzia

2020

• Created my 1^st website for a client and helped them create their digital worship experience; Union Baptist Church
• Started blogging about my walk with God in May.

2025

• Returned to personal blogging aka my online roots.
• Left education after 20 years.

2026

• Returning to the wonderful world of events.
• Became a State Lead for Win With Black Women IL

My Career Journey:

It’s not just a job to me but a place to sharpen my skillset, be stretched and showcase good work. And I never leave a place empty. I acquire something beneficial for later use.