Meet the owner

Ashanti Tate began working with Medicaid funded agencies beginning at age 19. She completed her undergraduate degree at Wichita State University where she majored in Social Work. She also earned a Masters of Social Work and Masters of Instructional Leadership in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

In her most recent role up until August of 2024, she served in leadership at Heartland Center for Behavioral Change- a nonprofit organization that helps people begin a new life – free of alcohol and drugs. In this role she provided oversight to counselors, case managers, peer supports, and medical staff in an effort to beat the opioid epidemic. She is also a state recognized trainer on, “How to Launch DEI in Non-Profits” and “How to Beat Burnout-Post Pandemic.”

Tate believes she was created for two sole purposes: to serve God and serve His people. She exercises her beliefs by mentoring at-risk youth thru Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, serving as a foster parent to at-risk minority children, hosting empowerment brunches for women, and also through her sorority, Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. Tate also serves on the board for the Missouri Foundation for Health. 

In 2020 she was selected as one of the top 40 professionals under the age 40 by Springfield’s Business Journal. In 2021 she was voted the best dressed female by 417 Magazine. In 2024 she was selected as one of the 20 Most Influential Women by Springfield’s Business Journal. 

Her most honorable roles are being a mother to her three children: Zion, Emmanuel, and Myracle; and a wife to her husband, Pastor Terrence Tate.