North is a wife, mother of three, long-distance runner, children’s book author and founder. North is a first-generation college graduate and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Central Michigan University. North is a cradle to career education and strategic consultant and specializes in driving ideas from paper to process to implementation. 

As a visionary and strategist, North has successfully founded several initiatives: Kidz Kingdom, Detroit’s first indoor playground, which is also a licensed childcare center; Detroit Women’s Leadership Network, which has grown to over 14,000 members on its Facebook platform; Biz Kidz – to enhance her commitment to mentoring future entrepreneurs, Degree Forward to contribute to closing the college completion gap, and Dream Studio Detroit to culminate all of her initiatives under one umbrella. North currently serves as the Founding Executive Director of Bottom Line Detroit. A national nonprofit spanning across sites in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Dayton. Bottom Line partners with degree-aspiring students from first generation and low-income backgrounds as they get into college, graduate, and go far in life. 

North has received many awards and honors for her advocacy and commitment to children, women, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is a proud 2012 alumni of the prestigious German Marshall Memorial Fellowship; a 2018 Race Relations & Diversity Taskforce, Diversity Champion; a 2019, Detroit Free Press, Shining Light Mayor Dave Bing Future Leader Awardee and in 2021, North was awarded the honor and distinction of Crain’s 40 under 40. North is a Kresge Thrive Leader Fellow Alumnus, founding board member of MBBA and former Vice President of the board, fund development board member of Black Leaders Detroit.