Inspirational Voices

C. JOYCE FARRAR-ROSEMON, BA, SM, ED.S. never envisioned as she sat on the inner city housing projects steps in Boston that she would become a successful businesswoman who would one day earn a six-figure income and go on to become a highly acclaimed Motivational Speaker. In 1992, Joyce married, opened a real estate company with her husband’s help in her 7th month of pregnancy, with only $10.00 in the operating account that blossomed into a six figure income. Joyce has not only survived, but she has thrived after living in a dysfunctional family. She has overcome poverty, abuse, loneliness, depression, job loss, a stillbirth and two miscarriages. Farrar- Rosemon speaks frequently to non-profit groups, schools, colleges and churches. She has appeared in several newspapers, magazines, on radio and television, including The Geraldo at Large Show. Farrar-Rosemon, is an Author, Certified Educator, and holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education and a master’s in psychiatric social work from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.Joyce is a recent graduate of Mercer University where she received her Specialist in Education degree. Joyce and her husband, Tillmon H. Rosemon Jr., live in Atlanta, Georgia. They have one son, David.