Simone O. Higginbotham is a 53-year-old mother of one daughter, grandmother of Harper Florida-Marie, Author, Community activist, AmeriCorps Alumni, Domestic Violence Survivor, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Mentor, Network Connector and Social Cultivation Ambassador. I was raised by a single mother in one of Baton Rouge's oldest African American neighborhoods, the Zion City Community. Simone is a pillar in the community and has volunteered over 3500+ hours to date with organizations across Baton Rouge. Simone is an initiative-taker, incredibly determined, hardworking, and diligent. A woman who wears a hat of many colors, Simone is the Executive Director of the Scotlandville Community Development Corporation, CEO of Rebirth Magazine, The Weekend of Legends, LLC and soon to be launched Weekend Girl .com She developed the Rebirth Brand and has made many strides and developed great relationships with other companies, a rapport with her community and now has established colleagues that she has partnered with to not only put her company on the map but unselfishly help others also. In 2015 she released her long-awaited memoir Caged by Words- Something Like a Memoir about her journey during her abusive marriage. Simone’s greatest accomplishment is creating a platform that serves the last, the least and lost.