HTWAS EVENTS!
Meet The Hoppers
Payge Means Hopper, MA, CPC
CEO
Payge Means Hopper, an Oakland, California native, is the author of the trailblazing book *Healing the Wounds of American Slavery*. Her work unearths a precise paradigm shift in understanding, overcoming, and healing the wounds of American slavery.
Payge is a writer, producer, conference and workshop facilitator, and a go-to expert in her field. She has served as a consultant to the California Community Colleges system at the State Capitol and has led personal development leadership trainings for over 25 years. Her current research focuses on Black male/female relationships and how contemporary public relations shapes the lives and worldviews of Black Americans.
Payge holds an M.A. in Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations, a B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts, and an A.A. in Television Production.
Michael L. Hopper
CFO
Michael L. Hopper is the author of the new book Pivot in the Pandemic, a guide helping people navigate a shift to new careers in the midst of the pandemic. Hopper is a tenured faculty member at Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College (LATTC). He received his bachelor and master degrees from San Francisco State University. He has spent more than 25 years with various nonprofit agencies in northern/southern California serving children, youth and families.
Michael has served as an EOPS counselor, summer bridge coordinator at Ohlone College, an international student counselor at Peralta Community College District, an outreach/matriculation counselor at El Camino College; an adjunct EOPS counselor at Los Angeles City College, and a general CalWORKS counselor.
He has received honors for outstanding work with community organizations. His passion comes from helping people find and pursue their life’s purpose.
Michael is happily married to the lovely Payge Means Hopper (18 years and going strong!). The Hoppers started a nonprofit foundation 13 years ago that has served more than 6,000 Los Angeles youth, and counting.