Leadership Team
Our Founder
Our founder, Khalilah Horton-Spencer, is an educator and educational consultant with over 25 years of experience. Mrs. Spencer is a dedicated youth advocate and community organizer. Along with a team, she has successfully developed youth & family initiatives throughout the Memphis community. Her accomplishments include a B.S.Ed. in Schools & Society from the University of Memphis, a minor in Sociology, a Master's in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix, and a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Liberty University. Formally, she was an English as a Second Language Specialist/Peer Coach, where she had the opportunity to mentor novice ESL Teachers and teach academic English to language learners from various countries. She instructed language learners from Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Cameroon, El Salvador, Morocco, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and West Senegal. Currently, she is a Graduation Coach in which she helps students overcome barriers both academic and non-academic, to ensure success. Additionally, she serves as Education Equity Task Force Co-Chair with Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH), where she advocates for equity of voice in support of teachers and students. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Downtown Memphis Chapter
Mrs. LaToya Moore is a dedicated CHOICE leader, who serves with the Downtown Memphis Chapter. She is a middle school Science Educator. Mrs. Moore earned her B.S. in Agricultural Science from Tennessee State University. Her plans were to become a veterinarian, but God had other plans. She moved to Memphis in 2013 and earned a Masters in Instruction and Curriculum for Secondary Education. With a combination of both, she later became a science teacher in 2014. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, joining a lineage of amazing educators. She often says, "I was born to be an educator!" Mrs. Moore is a wife, a mother of four, and a creative crafter entrepreneur. Her life encompasses serving others, she believes it is what she does best. Changing one life at a time! One of her favorite quotes is, “One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching”-Gerard Way.
Cordova Chapter
Victoria Morton, STEM educator, Digital Learning Ambassador, native of Bolivar, TN, and 3rd (third) generation educator. Ms. Morton was introduced to C.H.O.I.C.E. in 2021 and immediately fell in love with the organization's mission, where she now serves with the Cordova Chapter. Ms. Morton dedicates time to uplifting and inspiring young girls all over the Memphis community. She has served diligently in the classroom for the last 10 years teaching a variety of subjects including Science and English-Language Arts. Ms. Morton began her career in her hometown of Bolivar teaching at the same middle school she attended. She eventually transitioned to Memphis Shelby County Schools where she currently teaches middle grades STEM. Throughout her time in MSCS, Ms. Morton has taken on numerous leadership roles and has earned a nomination for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2021. Ms. Morton enjoys designing lessons that promote student agency and inspires her students to be inquisitive thinkers.
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers are committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
C.H.O.I.C.E. is committed to serving inner city teen girls by promoting social and emotional health through activism, and STEAM education via direct, indirect, and tailored services. We focus on maximizing our efforts through field trips, empowerment sessions and leadership/activist workshops. Our members and volunteers provide the momentum that helps us affect change. Using data driven models, we provide solutions that make a long-lasting difference.
Our History
Our Mission
CHOICE Excitement
Seeing a need for an energetic, nonprofit work in this area, we formed our grass roots organization to empower inner city teen girls regardless of ethnicity to realize the power they have by choosing healthier options for their lives.
CHOICE Excitement
CHOICE Excitement
CHOICE Excitement
Each "CHOICE" Girl will participate in our monthly "Focusing Upon Needs" (F.U.N.) empowerment sessions designed to coach them on choosing higher & healthier options for their lives.
Our Goals
CHOICE Excitement
Closing The Deal
- To help prevent the re-traumatization of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Shelby County.
- To strengthen the lives of at-risk teen girls through activism, leadership workshops and S.T.E.A.M. education.
- To develop youth self- advocacy through calming challenging behaviors with character/conflict development and "Mindfulness Meditation."
Closing The Deal
CHOICE Excitement
Closing The Deal
We teach our girls to rest and digest their emotions. Our social justice action plan allows our girls to access resources like social and emotional health development. Thus impacting the community in which they live—equity opportunities to specifically move them toward being emotionally sober girls when faced with sudden or prolonged trauma. Our direct services are geared toward each girl's individual needs. The girls are also given a voice and opportunity to verbalize their opinions and concerns within the school and community, concluding with creating community action development plans.
We are breaking barriers through the foundation "Acts of Service Initiatives."
Our Core Values
Building and Developing Communities
CHOICE girls are strengthened so that they can effectively strengthen each other and build the community of empowered, intellectual, confident young women who are active in society.
1. Servant Leadership - Serve the common good.
2. Integrity - Doing what’s right even when no one is watching.
3. Responsibility - Embracing opportunities to perform effectively in order to receive positive results.
4. Respect - Treating others equitably”.
5. Courage - Standing up for a cause despite personal fears.
Behind the Efforts
Depositing nuggets into our future, as we are working today to change tomorrow!
Together, our favorite place to be.
We are our "Sister's Keeper!"
This is our "Sisterhood!"
We are "Leveling Up!"
Sisterhood & Family
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Support Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and prepare our girls for college and career readiness. These generous donations will help fund our mission.
To give to the CHOICE Foundation, click the button below as it will direct you to our Givelify page. All donations are tax-deductible!