Author Description

In Unleashing Your Powerhouse Tarver shares her personal journey and life lessons on hitting rock bottom, overcoming life’s trauma, and developing the mental toughness and tenacity to succeed in a world where the bigotry of under-expectation is the norm for women and girls. Tarver takes us from the poor, mean streets of Syracuse, New York’s south side, and the bowels of New York City’s HIV and homeless communities, to the pristine halls of Georgetown Law and later the Arizona Supreme Court— rendering a candid, bird’s eye view into how education was not the great equalizer her generation was promised it would be. Seriously written, and laden with statistical data, this book is part memoir, part social history, and examines the race and gender income gap amongst those often left behind. Tarver concludes with a twenty step practical guide to helping women live and evolve into their best and greatest lives—unleashing their restraints—to become the impactful, purposeful, and powerful women they’re destined to become. A must read! Charlene Tarver is best known as an outspoken attorney, author, and thought agent. Tarver is the chartering president of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Phoenix Metropolitan Chapter, and founding president of the Women’s Economic Institute, Inc— a 501(c)(3) established to develop economic policy and provide technical assistance, leadership training, and workforce development for women entrepreneurs.