Biography

Dr. Teressa Stewart is a retired teacher and school counselor after spending thirty-one years of her career on academia. Upon completing her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Johnson C. Smith University in 1980, Dr. Stewart began working as a Music Teacher in the Baldwin County Public School District. She taught general music and organized the choir, at several of the Middle Schools within the district for fourteen years. Dr. Stewart, working in this capacity, she had won the Outstanding Woman of the Year in 1986, as well as Teacher of the Year in 1992. Dr. Stewart discovered that what she enjoyed the most about her job was talking to her students about their aspirations and interests outside of the classroom. Consequently, she decided to transition into becoming a school counselor. Dr. Stewart worked for seventeen years at both the Richmond and Baldwin County Public School Districts, at both the Middle and Elementary School levels. In this role, she counseled students on career choices and provided them with information and resources to better assist them with achieving the goals that they were placing for themselves. Eventually Dr. Stewart returned to school and obtained her Master's Degree in Education from Troy State University in 2001. Soon after, she was published in Who's Who Among Educators, the following year. Dr. Steward has since retired from teaching, and obtained her Doctorate Ministry from Andersonville Theological Seminary in May 2016. She attributes her successful career to her unique life experiences, former colleagues, passion for learning, and the love of helping people reach their full potential. Although she is formally retired, Dr. Stewart is the Minister of Music at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, in Augusta Georgia. She continues to look for opportunities to do work with other and be a vital resource for them as a consultant.