An Oakland educator and author of children's books is getting a lot of attention for her work. Claudia Walker's books were featured in Target stores to celebrate Black History Month, and her success led to an invitation to the White House.
in Atlanta, ranked among the country’s top Historically Black Colleges and Universities . After graduating, she went to New York, where she worked on Wall Street as a financial analyst.
"More often than not, she realized that they’d never been exposed to Black Colleges or to the world of investing," herSo Walker set out to close that gap and put her skills as both educator and finance expert to work. Through her self-published works, Walker has shared her knowledge and experiences, writing about the legacy HBCUs and also promoted financial literacy. Her best-selling series books include "The ABCs of HBCUs" and "The ABCs of Black Wall Street."
Walker said that her role as a mother also helped her tell the stories in her heart and shape the messages she wanted to put out there, especially for young Black people.
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