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Mya Smith-Edmonds 2021 SUPER TRAILBLAZER
Magazine, Multiple Streams Magazine, Indy Metro Magazine, Style Magazine, and others. Smith-Edmonds was awarded Woman of the Year by PBMA, in which she received recognition from United States Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Sylvia Garcia, Mayor of the City of Houston, Sylvester Turner, and Councilwoman Amanda K. Edwards. Her most recent honor is recognition in CORE Magazine as a CORE 100 Most Influential Blacks Today in 2021.
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ya Smith-Edmonds, a native of Houston, Texas, is the first female AfricanAmerican next generation McDonald’s owner/ operator, owning seven McDonald’s restaurants in Central Indiana. She serves as a board member for the Greater Indiana Operators, president and secretary of the Central Indiana Black McDonald’s Operators Association and has earned the Trailblazer Award for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO Indianapolis), was a recipient of the Galore Distinction Award, a recipient of the Opulence Award, Faith Award, featured in the d-mars. com publication for being awarded as one of their Top 30 Influential Women of Houston, featured in and on the cover of PURPOSE Magazine, featured in SHEEN
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the nonprofit organization, the Smith Foundation, Inc. This organization’s mission is to send children to college, provide food for those in need, provide Christmas toys, and supply school supplies for underprivileged students and communities. Smith-Edmonds is also a real estate investor and author. She is co-author of the books:
● “When Married Women Speak!” Smith-Edmonds was awarded a ● “Prayers For The Boss Babes proclamation declaring an official day to Volume 2” be named after her; the “Myasha “Mya” ● “Lessons from COVID-19 2020 26 Smith-Edmonds Day” by the Mayor of the Stories One Pandemic” (An Amazon’s #1 City of Houston, Sylvester Turner. Best Seller) At 13, Smith-Edmonds began working Smith-Edmonds is grateful and inspired at her father’s McDonald’s, where to continue to be a blessing to others she developed her strong work ethic, and the Kingdom of God. She is a public accountability, discipline, and focus. speaker and has a genuine heart and Smith-Edmonds graduated Magna Cum special love for children. She enjoys Laude from the University of Houston coordinating community give-a-ways with with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting local businesses and avidly supporting and minor in African-American Studies. empowerment youth programs like She went on to become a certified public Ladies of Great Purpose and the Positive accountant at Deloitte & Touche, one of Black Male Association’s Reaching Youth the largest accounting firms in the world. Everywhere RYE Program. During her career development years, What she loves most is serving God and Smith-Edmonds earned various awards being a wife to her amazing husband, as a program director with KCOH Emmanuelle Edmonds. radio station and numerous more as an independent business owner with Ameriplan USA. Committed to helping Mya Smith-Edmonds Owner/Operator others build their businesses utilizing McDonald’s biblical principles, Smith-Edmonds www.MyaSpeaks.com was awarded the honor of becoming Co-Founder the youngest national sales director The Smith Foundation, Inc. and earned the privilege of speaking www.SmithFoundationInc.com on several panels during the annual Ameriplan national conventions. In 2008, Smith-Edmonds embarked on her ultimate dream; following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a successful McDonald’s owner. During her required 2-5-year program, which she completed with highest honors on every level, she became a general manager and was awarded the Ray Kroc Award, an achievement earned by the top 1% performers in the McDonald’s system. Smith-Edmonds is the co-founder of
