Jowan Smith is the CEO of 1,000 Ties & Getting Our Babies to College 101, a philanthropist, and author. She is from Cleveland, Ohio where she is very active in her community and has been awarded multiple awards for her dedication. Jowan is the author of "Zakari Goes to College" and "Grandma Hattie's Ice Cream." She writes all of her children's books about real-life people in her life.