Bajeyah believes that one of Life’s greatest tests is how you survive death and come back from the grave to fight! Years after studying at Barber Scotia College in Concord NC and surviving one of the most severe and brutal domestic violence relationships, that almost claimed her life, fighting back and being a voice is all she knows.
An advocate for change in her community from being the first African American to lead the hiring and recruiting process at Victoria Secret’s stores locally in her role as ops and staffing, to becoming a state coalitions director and serving in various leadership roles for the Biden Harris Presidential administration. Through advocacy work, Bajeyah has worked facilitating domestic violence training classes for S.H.A.R.E. Family Advocates, mentoring the Girls of Smith House through Pendleton Place Greenville and the youth of Urban League of the Upstate. Bajeyah has also served her community through serving on local boards, committees and hosting the state’s largest Thanksgiving Day outreach event entitled #ProjectFeed5000, serving over 172,000 individuals to date and spanning the entire upstate of SC. Bajeyah currently serves as a Presidential Appointee in the Small Business Administration.
Bajeyah keeps many biblical verses at heart while serving, but one of her favorite verses is Luke 12:48: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”
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