Our Founder, Mrs. Almetto Howey Alexander
Almetto Howey Alexander, Founder, was appointed to the North Carolina Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, and received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. award from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee for her active involvement in civil rights. She also received a Certificate of Achievement for the "I Have a Dream" National Youth Assembly.
A graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (with additional diplomas from Morgan Beauty School and Second Ward high School), Mrs. Alexander taught elementary education for twenty-five years, at several schools, retiring from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. She has worked tirelessly in service to her community and to her church. She is a Life Member and Golden Heritage member of the NAACP, and listed in Charlotte's NAACP Hall of Fame. She is a Life Member of the National Council of Negro Women, received the Woman of the Year award in the Delta Zeta Chapter Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, and has been a volunteer tour guide for the Henrietta Marie Slave Ship project / exhibit at Spirit Square, also in Charlotte. Mrs. Alexander also received Las Amigas, Inc.'s Unsung Hero Award; Nations Ford Elementary's "Training Our Youth" award; a Certificate of Recognition for her efforts to improve community housing from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the National Women of Achievement President's Award for her volunteer achievements.
Mrs. Alexander has always stayed involved in the life and work of Charlotte's First Baptist Church-West, and is currently a member of Missionary Group No. 4, Sunday School Class No. 5 and The Golden Age Club. She has been named Woman of the Year, a member of the board of Christian Education and a member of the Adult Choir.