Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul to Feature Finding Your Passion Expert Darrell Coach D" Andrews

Darrell "Coach D" Andrews author of How To Find Your Passion and Make a Living at it is featured in New York Times #1 Best Seller series, Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul.

NEW CASTLE, DE (PRWEB) August 4, 2004 -- What do Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, Muhammad Ali, Bishop T. D. Jakes, and Aretha Franklin have in common with finding your passion expert Darrell Coach D" Andrews?

Their stories of struggle and success were among the 101 stories chosen from 3,000 to be featured in Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul: Celebrating and Sharing Our Culture One Story at a Time, to be released nationwide on September 25.

I didnt know where I was going, but it had to be better than where I was," recalled Andrews as he boarded a bus with $42, a one-way ticket and all of his belongings in five garbage bags. The details this story are featured in Five Garbage Bags and a Dream," in chapter one.

The Chicken Soup Series, coauthored by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, has been a #1 bestseller according to New York Times and USA Today. Andrewss story was rated in the top percentile out of hundreds of story submissions," said Canfield.

Lisa Nichols, co-author of the African-American edition added, Not only are the historical stories passed down from generation to generation of tremendous significance to this culture, but the current stories-the day-to-day experiences of survival, magnificence, accomplishment, healing, love and family-are every bit as worth the telling".

Today Andrews is an author, motivational speaker, education consultant, and president of FamQuest Inc., a youth leadership development firm in New Castle and Darrell Andrews Enterprises where he is a motivational speaker and author. He travels extensively guiding youth and adults on the path to living a life with passion, versus mere existence.
                            
Darrell Andrews through his HYPE (Helping Youth Pursue Excellence) Program, has taught thousands of students to be confident, responsible, and empowered in higher education and in life. As a motivational speaker, education consultant and author he has helped school districts close the achievement gap between white students and students of color.
Andrews is the author of How To Find Your Passion and Make a Living at it. This fall, Andrews will also release two new books: How to Find Your Passion: A Youth Perspective and Believing the HYPE: 7 Keys for Motivating Students of Color.

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