Brenda K. Blakely M.Ed

Brenda's career began as she and her husband, Joel, raised the five children God placed in their care. During that time she ran several successful small businesses, was active in civic and education endeavors and earned her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a dual major in Christian Ministries and Psychology.   When the last child entered college in 1995, she and her husband went off to school and earned Master’s of Education Degrees at Columbia International University, Columbia, SC.  After closing out projects initiated during graduate studies, they set out on the road back home working on projects in Alabama and finally on to Mississippi. The last 15 years have been spent as an educator (adjunct professor), writer, project developer and administrator with a substantial history of successful projects across the South.  Presently she is working with Belinda Stewart Architects on numerous Mississippi projects including grant writing for the Tallahatchie County 2^nd District Courthouse/Emmett Till Memorial/Museum project.