{"id":14623,"date":"2016-01-03T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=14623"},"modified":"2016-01-03T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:00:10","slug":"impacting-others-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/impacting-others-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Impacting Others: Laneika Mattress Musalini M \u201911"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14512\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini.jpg\" alt=\"Laneika Musalini\" width=\"800\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini-705x631.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Laneika Musalini has committed her life to transforming the lives of others through servant leadership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2009, Musalini founded the nonprofit organization, Women\u2019s Empowerment Inc., which has positively affected over 1,400 women since its inception. The program aims to empower women through support, education and networking; additionally, it promotes the well-being of women and encourages positive female role models in communities. Musalini also serves with Accept. Inspire. Minister., and Young Professionals of Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce.<br \/>\n\u201cIf I can change the life of one person, if I can make a difference in the world, if my works lead another to grace, my life is not in vain,\u201d Musalini said.<br \/>\nA graduate of Clemson\u2019s Human Resource Development master\u2019s program, Musalini also works full time as director of grants at Tri-County Technical College. There, she strategizes proposal development, seeks out funding opportunities and creates industry partnerships.<br \/>\n\u201cI have worked and collaborated with some really great people who share the same goal I do: building the workforce and strengthening the economy,\u201d Musalini said.<br \/>\nMusalini\u2019s hometown of Anderson has taken notice of her, too. This past summer, she received the ATHENA Young Professional Award<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. This accolade honors an upcoming leader committed to achieving personal and professional accomplishments, devoting efforts to community and serving as a role model for young women.<br \/>\n[pullquote]\u201cI have come to realize that my life is not about me, but about the impact that I have on others,\u201d says Musalini.[\/pullquote]<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Musalini and her husband, Wadud, live in Anderson with her four children, one of whom entered Clemson fall 2015 as a Gates Millennium Scholar.<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cMy family is so much fun! We are Tiger fanatics and have no bias. As long as it is a Tiger sport, we are cheering!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laneika Musalini has committed her life to transforming the lives of others through servant leadership. In 2009, Musalini founded the nonprofit organization, Women\u2019s Empowerment Inc., which has positively affected over 1,400 women since its inception. The program aims to empower women through support, education and networking; additionally, it promotes the well-being of women and encourages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[171,271,994,3299,3300,3402],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumniprofiles","tag-alumni-profile","tag-athena-young-professional-award","tag-diversity","tag-winter-2016","tag-winter-2016-alumni-profiles","tag-womens-empowerment-inc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/Laneika-Musalini.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14623"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}