Kimberly Renee Rice, is a dedicated and a hardworking individual who had struggles in high school and dropped out. In 2007 Kimberly began to struggle with not being a role model to her three children. Kimberly decided to enroll in Midwest Theology Institute and earned her GED, opening up all new opportunities. After earning her GED, Kimberly went and registered in 2008 at South Suburban College, earning an Associate Degree in Psychology and graduating in 2015. With a newfound passion for helping people, Kimberly enrolled in Indiana University Northwest and began the challenge of getting a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, graduating May 9, 2019.
- Over the years in Kimberly's career, she has worked at Washington Jane Smith and Bethel Terrance Apartments, both senior citizen housing. Her love for working with the elderly grew into facilitating meetings, working with the Alzheimer patients and going above and beyond to create connections with her clients. Looking for a new challenge, Kimberly began to work with children; for the second time in her life, she had found a new passion. Kimberly applied for a position at Aunt Martha’s Youth Services Inc., and was hired as a family Educator. Kimberly opened up her first group home teaching girls from the age of 10-18 years with behavioral difficulties, teaching basic life skills. Kimberly assisted with doctor’s visits, going to court, and facilitating weekly meetings with the children and their parents. After the company started to grow, her passion for the underprivileged grew into a mentorship. Under Aunt Martha’s, Kimberly was certified in the areas of Family Teaching Model, Reality Therapy, and Cultural Awareness, Crisis Intervention, CPR, HIV Training, Restraint Training.
- Kimberly wanted to grow in the child care field even more so she took several jobs working at Hoover-Schrum Memorial Middle School and Geminus Head Start as a teacher assistant and was promoted to a K-3rd grade Teacher. Next, Kimberly became a Child Care Provider assisting in the care of twin babies for a family privately, while working as a Parent Advocate for the Gear Up Program in the Chicago Public School. There she worked with 7th through 12th grade students. Kimberly as sited with college tours, ensured college readiness with the parents and child, prepared and facilitated with workshops, offered credit repair and FAFSA readiness for college.
- Currently Kimberly is working for Uber as an Independent Contractor and that is where she gain the knowledge to start her own business. Uber is a great place to work, while driving business men and women began to pull on her to see what her future goals were. Kimberly knew it was time to open up her own business called The Lighthouse Center Advocating for Adolescence and Children, Inc. The multifaceted facility in Muster, Indiana is open to serving the Northwest Indiana area, and Chicago low-income communities. Kimberly strive to be involved in feeding the hungry, giving water to those who are thirsty and shelter for the homeless. Kimberly is a double-published author to, Children to the Future Business Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Entrepreneurship and Memoirs of the Apostolic Church. Kimberly is apart of the Munster of Chamber Commerce, Munster Highschool Business Incubators program empowering youth to start their own business , North Township Trustee outreach program, and the TLCAAC Academic Scholarship Program. Kimberly work side by with Profitable Solution Financial Services, and Kimberly works with Newlife Southeast Church under Pastor John F. Hannah Ministry contributing toward building church community. The TLCAAC team currently host entrepreneur workshops, open to the young adults and low-income families, that teach how to do FAFSA, Job Readiness, and Credit Repair.
Throughout life journey, all of the roadblocks and challenges , being told "NO", and push away! lets Kimberly knows that everything that one has accomplished is worth the wait. Kimberly give all honors to God who has kept her along the way. If God has promised you something know that God will finish what he has started.
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