Parenting Black and Brown Children

Meet the Panelists
Yasmine Fillmore
Adeela Hussain Johnson
Building a vision, developing a strategy, aligning resources and people to get to the finish line together is what Adeela does best. She has a proven ability to lead, develop and nurture teams to launch, build and grow businesses and brands. She is comfortable taking calculated risks and navigating through ambiguous and complex business environments. She has owned and managed diverse P&L’s ranging from $20M to $600M. As a child she was often observed as the inquisitive and curious type. As an adult, not much has changed. When she has the answers she needs, she moves quickly and ambitiously and has a lot of fun along the way. It is no surprise that she began her career seeking to understand clients’ hopes and dreams for their future and helping them to build financial stability to achieve their goals in life. After getting her MBA, she joined the world of Brands, Marketing and Merchandising with companies ranging from large fortune 50 to pre-launch start-ups. She is currently the President for influencer-led travel lifestyle brand BÉIS, which she launched two years ago. Outside of work, she spends most of her time with her three children and husband in Redondo Beach, California. She was born in Pakistan and spent the formative years of her life in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Since the age of 11 she has moved more than 20 times both domestically and internationally; she married outside of her race and culture and now has three bi-ethnic, bi-religious and bi-racial children. Her life experiences have helped her establish a value system that has overcomes adversity, welcomes diversity and loves a good challenge.
Sope Ogunyemi
Sharita Thompson, M.Ed
Sharita is the owner and founder of Parent With Clarity and the Parentpiphany, membership program. Her innovative platform is changing the way in which parents can be supported while managing their EVERYDAY lives. Sharita helps parents achieve their goals while finding joy and gratitude, no matter where they are in their journey.
When not wrangling her two children, you can usually find her on her computer helping the Parent WIth Clarity Community with juggling all the things in their lives. Becasue she’s obsessed with all things pregnancy, postpartum and parenthood.
Her jam is… productivity, organization and education (she’s even got my Master’s in Education). Sharira loves to chat about the things that matter most to her: motherhood + raising kiddos, building community, family, fighting social + racial injustices, helping parents navigate the challenges of parenthood and bringing awareness to obstetric violence.