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Mind Influence Attitude Inc 
                                                                                          501 (C)(3) non-profit organization
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Holistically Educating People for the Empowerment of the Family
TAKODA STEVENS
BOARD MEMBER
Leadership Bio
TAKODA WAS BORN IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS MAY 9, 2000. AT THE AGE OF TWO HE WAS DIAGNOSED AUTISTIC, IT WAS EXPLAINED AT THE TIME THAT AUTISM HAD A WIDE RANGE ON IT’S SPECTRUM.

WHERE TAKODA WAS ON THAT SPECTRUM WAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. HE HAD CHALLENGES WITH WALKING, TALKING, AND DEXTERITY. HE BEGAIN TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES AT IA RABIDA CHILDREN HOSPITAL IN THEIR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM. HE AGED OUT OF THEIR PROGRAM AT THREE YEARS OF AGE. HE CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY AT THE BENJAMIN O. DAVIS CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. STARTING THERE AT THREE HE COULD NOT YET SPEEK AND STILL HAD DEXTERITY CHALLENGES. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT TAKODA BE PLACED IN A NON- SPEAKING CLASS AND LEARN SIGN. HOWEVER AT THE INSISTANCE OF HIS FATHER TO BE KEPT AROUND SPEAKING PEOPLE, AS A RESULTS TAKODA NOT ONLY SPOKE BUT WAS SINGING UPON LEAVING DAVIS THREE YEARS LATER. AT THE AGE OF SIX HE ATTENDED JOSEPH WARREN ELEMENTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL. HE WAS PLACED IN A CONTAINED CLASS FOR SPICIAL NEEDS STUDENTS. HE REMAINED THERE UNTIL HE COMPLETED THE FOURTH GRADE. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO BARBARA  A. SIZMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AN AFRO-CENTRIC CHARTER SCHOOL. HE WAS PUT IN A REGULAR CLASSROOM WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A PARA- PROFESSIONAL TO AID HIM. ALONG WITH PARA- PROFESSIONALS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND GREAT TEACHERS TAKODA WAS MAKING EXCELLENT PROGRESS. HE GRADUATED FROM SIZMORE AND ATTENDED BAKER COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL ANOTHER CHARTER SHOOL. FORTUNATLY HIS PARA- PROFESSIONAL WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM TO BAKER AND FUTHER ASSIST HIM. TAKODA GRADUATED FROM BAKER JUNE 6, 2018.

TAKODA HAS ALWAYS SHOWN AN INTEREST IN HELPING PEOPLE. HE CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERS AT JESSE OWEN PARK DISTRICT ASSISTING COACH WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM ONE OF WHICH HE HIMSELF WAS A PART OF SINCE HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OF AGE. HE HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING SINCE 2015. TAKODA IS A VEGETARIAN HAS HIS OWN ONLINE HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUSINESS. WEBSITE: TAKODA.MYCTFO.COM  

TAKODA CONTINUES TO HELP PEOPLE IN EVERY WAY HE CAN. HE PARTICIPATES IN THE SPICIAL NEEDS OLYMPICS, HIS ITERESTS ARE MUSIC, SOCCER, BOWLING, GOLF. HE SITS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MIND INFLUENCE ATTITUDE INC. NON PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION ( MISSION IS TO HOLISTICALLY EDUCATE PEOPLE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE FAMILY.)