Ann-Marie Zoe Coore

Founder

Nanny, mama, Stiney, Yvi, B’rit, and Leah – these are my teachers and life coaches. These women continue to teach me the gift of being whole and staying centered. My mother impressed on me that it was necessary to love, nurture, educate, and celebrate myself first before I could help others on their own self-discovery journeys.

I have been an International Public Health Specialist for over 20 years. Through my work and travels I became curious about why the “self” was often ignored. I learned that many women didn’t have the tools, education, finances, self-esteem, courage, or support to improve their circumstances. Despite the many obstacles these women faced, I was hopeful that with the right intervention, true and meaningful change could come. 

In 1999, I started the Coore Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, to work globally with youth (10-25 years old) in low-income communities on sexual and reproductive health, literacy, and crime prevention. To date, we have trained over 10,000 youth in 23 countries. In 2012, Elizabeth and her team rebranded the organization GIRLS RIGHT OF WAY (GROW).  To build on this empowerment foundation, I founded I AM A QUINTESSENTIAL WOMAN in 2016 to help women overcome their circumstances and realize their life goals.