Sometimes the paths we take are difficult on purpose. Sometimes we have to walk them for the benefit of others. Sometimes it is meant for us to make “crazy” decisions. Sometimes we need to learn through the trials of those decisions to teach others. And...sometimes we should share what we learn. Yes…I am willing to admit that I have, and still, make mistakes - nor am I perfect. But, the beauty in my sharing myself with you is to encourage you. We all come from like places and we can all end up in flourishing, like places 

Upon acknowledging my unfortunate truths, I sought financial help...only to find those willing to supply little to no direction and dismissing my concerns with little to no hope. It is at this point in life's journey when a single decision can significantly affect the rest of an individual's life…a crossroad. I had a decision to make – I could accept the current situation, or I could decide to do something to change it. Amidst my financial battles, the vision of The Project You Can Company was conceived - on October 30, 2002..   

Based on my own encounters, very little help was offered. And, surprisingly, I began to think about others in similar situations. As in my case, what if someone else really wanted to be financially savvy? What if someone else really wanted things to change for the better? And more important, what if someone else was willing to make that real effort to change for the better? Would their entitlement to valuable monetary information continually cease to exist because of the pessimistic viewpoint of someone else? Would they be forever confined to the mental prisons of financial detriment?  

I had a desire to do something for, and with, the financial community. I was determined to help others accomplish their dreams, as I received His help in accomplishing mine. I saw an opportunity in the financial arena and in that opportunity was where I chose to plant myself - with the vision's emergence in August 2004.

Project You Can now plans to take its knowledge, passion and desire to educate, and empower, those willing to make a change in their financial situation. As a transit designed to edify as well as encourage, Project You Can is poised to help people...ACHIEVE TRANSCENDENCE.

LaWanda Anita Turman, M.B.A. is a growing expert in finance and business development and is the author of Moving Money with Project You Can: Achieving Transcendence with Financial Engineering. Over a decade ago, LaWanda began her professional career as an engineer at General Motors, where she developed proficiencies in engineering and project management. Ironically, it was during her tenure as an engineer that her passion for finance surfaced. Stemming from her own financial challenges, LaWanda learned to apply engineering and management concepts to finance, teaching herself and others, how to build strong businesses and financial structures.

Today, LaWanda is President and CEO of The Project You Can Company, one designed to mesh her experience, her passion and her encouraging personality, by promoting the essence of engineering in the financial arena. Her reach has now expanded to Detroit, and Metro Detroit, communities, as she has helped to build and develop several viable businesses and financial structures. LaWanda currently has a television show entitled, “Moving Money with Project You Can”, on Comcast 20, teaching financial literacy and business concepts and has appeared on The D Eppes Weekend Radio Show, on AM 1200 WCHB, as a financial expert.

LaWanda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from North Carolina A&T State University and a Masters in Business Administration, focusing in Finance and Business Economics, from Wayne State University. She has also received professional certification to teach personal finance and debt management.

Currently residing in Michigan, LaWanda is a native North Carolinian and is the daughter of Norris and Wanda Turman, and sister of Norris Turman, Jr. - all of Lexington, North Carolina. She is also the proud mother of her little boy, Nicholas.