About me
For over a decade, Summer Owens has been inspiring, educating, and empowering people to achieve S.O. What! Success– that’s success no matter what obstacles they face. Summer Owens is an award-winning author, speaker, success coach, and founder of the S.O. What! Foundation. She has received several honors including the University of Memphis Distinguished Alumni Award as well as the Fogelman College of Business and Economics Outstanding Young Alumna award. She was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 and received the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Prominent Black Women Award, the Women of Achievement Heroism Award, Dress for Success Entrepreneurial Spirit Award among others for her work in the Memphis community and beyond.
Her story of resilience has been featured nationally and internationally on CNN, the 700 Club, and other media outlets. She credits her son for helping her to become the confident and resilient woman she is today.
