McQUETTA WILLIAMS & EnVision Proven Success Can you imagine disadvantaged women never having hope of living successful lives? As the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization EnVision Proven Success, McQuetta Williams can, which is why she created a forum to share women’s struggles and successes and to strengthen the resources that help women them realize their importance. On November 15, 2004, McQuetta suddenly lost her eyesight and began a huge life transition. “Before this date, I had been pondering over whether to attend college and complete my educational goals, now that I had raised three children. As a single mother, I was a symbol of a lighthouse for my children. However, on November 15, 2004, the light in my children’s lighthouse went out,” she says. After finally having enough of feeling sorry for herself, McQuetta decided if this is the path that she was supposed to walk, her God will put people there to help her. She enrolled at Ohio Dominican University and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. While attending college, she wanted to get back into the workforce, so she decided to try an internship at Firstlink, now known as HandsOn Central Ohio. McQuetta was referred to Dress for Success to receive clothing for her interview. When she was hired, Dress for Success gave her another five days of clothing. “I had never until this time, had anyone treat me like royalty. I was Cinderella being dressed for the ball! But unlike Cinderella, I did not have to return the clothes. I thank God for putting Dress for Success, Professional Women’s Group and Hands On Central Ohio in my life, because, collectively, they have helped me build my self-esteem, and I have discovered a new sight in life: a road to success,” McQuetta says. With all that McQuetta has achieved, it is her passion to elicit awareness into the community. That is why she created EnVision Proven Success — its mission is to provide knowledge and resources that empower women to improve their quality of life. EnVision publishes a professionally printed 4 | ENVISION PROVEN SUCCESS MAGAZINE magazine that shares the stories of women who have regained their dignity and moved forward in a way they previously thought not possible. McQuetta tries to make a serious and sincere effort to achieve emotional stability in her life by dividing balance into two categories: internal and external. “This allows me to take time out to acknowledge how I’m feeling by noticing the areas that I’m neglecting. It allows me to examine myself to see if I am leaning more toward an internal or external focus or if there are areas within both categories I would like to be more balanced. In turn, it helps me outline and decide ways to focus and make a list to balance my life’s goals,” she says. McQuetta plans to continue producing EnVision’s annual publication to serve as a source of empowerment for women in the community and to expand its workshop and event offerings to help women achieve their goals. For the past five years, EnVision Proven Success magazines, events and workshops have produced the highest quality content, events and marketing materials for its diverse audience: human trafficking, recovery, domestic violence, re-entry, suicide, disability, health and wellness. The magazine highlights women who achieve success and demonstrate innovative leadership. But it is not like traditional publishers. Instead of focusing on the “who, what, where and when,” EPS focuses on the “how and why” the featured women regained their dignity and moved forward in a way they previously thought impossible. Their stories also help teach those lessons so that others would not have to make the same mistakes. In this sixth edition of EnVision Proven Success, you will learn some valuable life lessons from our featured women, who have joined the ranks of other women who have shared their stories and triumphs in the prior five editions. These women “do not look like what they’ve been through,” and have bravely come forward to share their journeys and to demonstrate that there is life beyond tragedy.
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