***Biography*** LaWanda V. Asuquo was born and bred in Ladue in central St. Louis, Missouri as LaWanda S. Little. Ladue is predominately a Jewish community in the state of Missouri. It’s important to point out that her vivid memory growing up and celebrating Bat Mitzvah, a Jewish tradition with peers and childhood friends endures. The sense of responsibility bestowed on teenagers by the Bat Mitzvah traditional practices has compelling influence and that is what has made LaWanda Asuquo an enviable think tank in business, professional, and other entrepreneurial endeavors in her adult life. Bat Mitzvah is a Jewish celebration for teenage boys and girls ages 12 or 13 to be responsibility, responsive, and respect laws in their transformational stage into adulthood. This bears credence to why LaWanda developed a Jewish business ethics and etiquette. She draws strength from her background growing up taking responsibility for her actions and endeavors whether in education, leadership, sports, professional life, and business. Her steadfastness to great strive wrapped in truth has earned her many celebrated success stories. LaWanda V. Asuquo attended American Military University, West Virginia. Also, she graduated with a certificate in Nursing, Health from Southern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois in August 1994 with a 3.8 Cumulative Grade Point Average. In addition, she has numerous certificates and licenses under her belt in Nursing, Information Technology Specialist, and Department of Defense/Defense Information System Agency certifications, Senior level Contracting Officer Technical Representative for the Federal government. LaWanda Victor Asuquo is an experienced entrepreneur, having been President and CEO of QuesTech Institute of Technology which she built from ground up in 1999. Importantly, she learned her business skills from some of the biggest names: Ted Turner of CNN/Turner Broadcasting, Coretta Scott King who was her mentor while building QuesTech, etc. She was also on President Obama’s campaign team when he ran for Senator in Illinois, and worked behind the scene before the world knew he was running for President. Mrs. Asuquo’s highly varied background includes working at the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Information Agency (DISA), Departments of the Army and Air Force as a government employee. She is also a professional Educator, having taught computer science at Master Christian Academy, a college preparatory school. Mrs. Asuquo currently works for Department of Housing Urban Development Headquarters office in Washington D.C., as an Information Technology Specialist/ Contracting Officer for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and is the Project Manager for Single Family Housing computer systems. There she is totally responsible for a 35 million dollars federal government contract. She has also worked as an Equal Employment Counselor (EEO) and is thoroughly knowledgeable in discriminatory laws and workers rights. One other of her strongest suits is her experience overseas, working in Germany, Italy, and several tours of Africa’s most populous nation of Nigeria. Mrs. Asuquo is considered an International liaison for German, Italy, and Nigeria because she could speak their languages and has spent many years working and networking in their cultures. Leadership is another unique attribute synonymous with Mrs. Asuquo’s career excellence. She is a Secretary of workers union Local 476 in DC. Presently, she is seeking leadership position as a Vice President of HERO’S team slate. She is uniquely qualified being a multi-talented and diverse activist; whose ideas perfectly fit into the ideas of the HERO’s team. In her career, she has had so many recognitions and associations including Federally Employed Women (FEW), Women in Sports Event (WISE), and National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), just to name a few. Mrs. LaWanda Victor Asuquo personifies steadfastness, entrepreneurship, respect for individuals and authorities, and her ethical and etiquette practices have been the sole propellant of her life’s achievements. She was born and raised a leader! LaWanda is happily married to Mr. Victor Asuquo with two children. ***Soccer Centrix has 12 Executive Board Members that are the best that St. Louis, Missouri has to offer! Contact us at info@soccercentrix.com***