Outstanding Leaders Under 40
Kalina Harrison
’13 Kalina Harrison is an Atlanta native who now resides in Philadelphia, Pa. She graduated from Claflin University, where she was a member of the Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College, a television station manager for the Mass Communications department, recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas scholarship, and a proud member of the Gamma Chi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
create business plan templates that teach teens how to write a professional business plan and receive seed capital. She also partnered with another Claflinite, Tamuka Martin, to launch a virtual study abroad program connecting students from Philadelphia with counterparts in Zimbabwe to diversify each child.
Harrison is now a writer for Kreative Scribes, the company she founded in 2017.
Harrison has self-published two books and advocates for the homeless, transient community to help them secure housing and access to whole foods.
Harrison established "Write Your Way to the Bank" in 2019, a business conference for teens. She used the business acumen she obtained from Claflin to
Harrison travels around the world, making freshsqueezed juice and hosting community events that have a positive impact.
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