About the Founder ~ Ruby E. Powell, EdD

The Oasis Empowerment Zone was birthed out of a desire to help single mothers to rediscover their dreams and create their destiny.  The desire began as a result of understanding how often single mothers abandoned their goals and dreams in exchange for the role of parenting.

The founder, Dr. Ruby E. Powell, once a single parent, suffered the stigma of single parenting despite being well educated and in the process of building a career.  Single parents many times lack the support and resources necessary to excel and balance the life of parenting and career success.  Dr. Ruby's desire is to help single mothers to take their DREAMS, turns them into VISIONS, create GOALS, and make them all a REALITY all while succeeding in raising productive children.