SuperWomen 2022 - FINAL - R3_SJM Feature 10 / 26 / 22 12 : 29 PM Page 5 ROSY ARROYO JO - ANN WEINER Weiner is founder and CEO of forensic accounting practice J . L . Weiner & Associates . She believes that as a business owner , it is her responsibility to Arroyo , a first - gener - give back to other women . Inspired by the challenges she faced in reaching her ation Mexican - Amer - goals , Weiner has made it her mission to help others succeed and see their own ican , believes in building education goals come to fruition , which includes encouraging experts to openly social capital and creating discuss today’s most challenging issues and make that conversation accessible opportunities for youth and to a wider audience . families to succeed . To accomplish this , she started Women , Words , and Wisdom , a nonprofit As the Camden County 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) corporation . The mission of the organization is twofold : to inform Youth Services Commission women of current issues affecting them so they can make informed and benefi - administrator and commu - cial life choices ; and to nity engagement reentry provide scholarships to coordinator , she works with college students in fi - the youth and families of nancial need that can be South Jersey . Arroyo man - used toward their col - ages a commission of dedi - lege education . cated stakeholders to design Women , Words , and monitor youth pro - and Wisdom’s mission is grams , and has helped drive strategic plans to assist in the overwhelming reduc - accomplished by hold - tion of youth arrests and court filings . She works closely with law enforcement ing an annual luncheon and school districts to assist in the development of prevention and diversionary called the Panel of programs through a lens of racial equity . Currently , Arroyo is working to imple - Power Celebrating ment a restorative and transformative justice hub in Camden . Women , where issues of Arroyo is also the first Latina on the Cherry Hill board of education and a the day are tackled by member of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Incorporated , recently serving experts in the field . In as chair of its national political education initiatives focused on supporting Latina addition , scholarships women in politics . She provides educational support for undocumented families are awarded each year looking to gain citizenship , and supports the creation of opportunities for youth to college students in and families to be successful . financial need . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 19 issue 7 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 5 ? |