Meet the Founder
| Shayla Price is a scholarship/career prep expert and a student at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is studying marketing with a concentration in sales. Price is also earning a certificate in nonprofit administration from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. When Price was faced with the challenge of financing her dream of receiving a college degree, she took the initiative and started looking for ways to pay for her postsecondary education. After many nights of staying up late and filling out applications, Price has managed to receive more than $100,000 in scholarships. She has written a book titled, The Scholarship Search: A Guide to Winning Free Money for College and More to help other students achieve success. She is dedicated to getting students out of debt and considering scholarships instead of student loans. |
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In addition, Price has been featured in 10 national magazines, including Teen People, Seventeen, Black Enterprise and Better Homes and Gardens, before she was even 21-years-old! Miss Price appeared on BET's The Center and at the 2006 Essence Music Festival. She was interviewed by the renowned radio talk show host Tavis Smiley and was featured in Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur's Guide to Launching a Multimillion Dollar Business written by Randall Pinkett, Donald Trump's Season 4 Apprentice winner.
Price is dedicated to providing students with assistance in college, scholarship, and career preparation through CareerVoices.com.
Credentials
Click on the following images for a full-sized view of Shayla's appearances in Next Step and Teen People magazines.
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Recent Press Coverage of Shayla
Price
Newspaper
Daily Comet
Houma Courier
The Weekly Press
Radio
WHAT-AM 1340, Philadelphia
The Tavis Smiley Show (from PRI)
Television
Black Entertainment Television, The Center
WBRZ-TV 2une In, ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge
WCBS-TV This Morning, CBS affiliate in New York
WAFB-TV This Morning, CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
WWL-TV Morning News, CBS affiliate in New Orleans,
Louisiana