Marketer | Strategist | Inventor | Writer | Editor

As the founder and CEO of Tenth Muse Enterprises, LLC, she provides space and platforms to empower black and brown creative entrepreneurs and artists from historically marginalized groups everywhere to increase economic and community stability through their talent.

• Conceived and managed 2021 & 2022 Black History Month campaigns for the American Heart Association
• Secured CNBC Personal Finance Senior Correspondent Sharon Epperson to host annual American Heart Association's EmPOWERED To Serve Business Accelerator
• Secured Daymond John as business coach for American Heart Association's EmPOWERED To Serve Business Accelerator
• Former business and political journalist at Time Magazine
• Publishing Director for Reader's Digest Your Family, special interest publication
• Freelance writer to Black Enterprise, Sister2Sister magazines
• Created and launched programs and products in corporate, academic, and community arenas from New York City to South Florida to Silicon Valley and the world for more than 25 years, driven by the desire to have measurable, positive, impactful outcomes.
• Master of Science Degree in Publishing from Pace University in New York; Master’s certificate in Integrated Communications: Advertising & PR at Florida International University in Miami; B.A. in French at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Fluent in French.
• Drove the renaming and rebranding of Rovi, formerly Macrovision, a global technology corporation, supporting multi-million dollar growth.
• Partnered with global brands including Apple, Best Buy, DIRECTV, DivX, Microsoft, Samsung, Shazam, and Soundhound.
• Invented technology to port entertainment across service providers and platforms integrated into smart TVs
• Launched, managed, and raised funds to support programs advancing literacy and math, including the Miami-based Family Literacy Arts Program (FLAP) and the nationally renowned Algebra Project, in partnership with Florida International University’s Center for Urban Education and Innovation.
• Relaunched and presided over the New York City Chapter of Women for WineSense, the national wine education and networking organization, planning and executing monthly events across New York, growing attendance at events, and contributing as a voting member of the national board.
• Author of the e-book How to Launch: 9 Lessons to Help Your Idea Take Off.
• Attended the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s Black Writers’ Week in July 2015 in Washington, D.C., where she was mentored and supported by award-winning authors Wil Haygood, Marita Golden, and Breena Clarke.

Tresa is an out-of-the-box thinker and motivator. She is always seeking opportunities to challenge herself in new areas and has recently completed four 5K races and a 10K race. She competed twice in the National M.S. Society Climb to the Top of Rockefeller Center to personally support a dear friend.