Community Leader Spotlight: Cynthia A. Sterling
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Cynthia A. Sterling-President, BWOPA Fresno/SJV Chapter
- What gives you excitement?
- Our community: employed, access to health options, educational goals being met
- What keeps you up at night?
- Homelessness, poor prenatal care, unemployment, especially in the Black Community, life’s disparities with the underserved, people of color.
- What gives you hope?
- The unification of communities/people of color able to come together and talk about what can be done collectively to bridge the gap of disparities plaguing our lives.
- If you could wave your magic wand, what is the first thing you would change or add?
- I would help the homeless and hungry and those in need of medical/educational attention 1st.
- More about Cynthia’s journey
- Born and raised in Fresno County I have seen the doors open to political, educational, business, life’s opportunities and career advancement for some people of color while others never left the neighborhood they grew up in; being one of the fortunate whose family was a mainstay in the business world, our fault was not getting past interpersonal relationships to be able to get to the next level that would have been a benefit to family & community because of family’s politics. Today, after a major tragedy and business discourse, I realize it is as important to learn from experience(s) in the moment, and move forward with a heightened awareness of values and truths learned and continue to step into the future. Never wallow in a past moment of any success or failure, but learn from the event/experience and make a teachable moment for one’s future, the community where you are. Life is very fleeting and not guaranteed that there will be a tomorrow; I do not regret my choices, I respect that I have recognized in time what it takes to help someone else along the way. I receive my Blessings and share with those I feel appreciate and want; note, I am not perfect, but I have been blessed to still have the good consciousness to make good choices.