Our Team

COO / Marketing: Bridget Norvell

Born in Jamaica, W.I., Ms. Norvell moved to New York City, at the age of six
where she became passionately involved with dance and the arts. This has proven to be a life-changing impact. As a result, she has successfully managed youth programs for
the local school system, non-profit organizations and community recreation centers.

Having had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the United States, Ms. Norvell discovered her love for radio in the State of Mississippi, in 1995. Later, she would accept an opportunity to broadcast on a radio station in Alabama where she became involved with activities to raise political awareness in her local community. With special emphasis placed upon the overwhelming needs within the Hispanic, Asian and the African American communities, her passion increased and expanded to design training programs to bring practical solutions to these communities.

Bridget moved to Florida and met Dawn Blackstock in 2004. Soon after, they started a
not for profit organization helping people to get out to vote. They called it The Movement Central Florida. With the success of this endeavor, they extended the program and added on a sister company named The National Movement Association. Under the National umbrella, Ms. Norvell was able to expand the scope of The Movement Central Florida to include education, dance and financial literacy programs.

Bringing her radio experience and knowledge of the arts, Ms Norvell has created avenues to promote and excite a community to make positive changes. Bridget is or has been a co host on several different radio broadcasts: 1190AM with the show Back to Reality, 1140AM guest host on The 411, Internet TV show Keep it Reel TV and The Marian Edwards show. Currently you can tune in M-F from 12-1pm to listen to Ms. Norvell on 1680 WOKB Radio on The Marian Edwards Show. You can also register to receive weekly updates such as Get The 411 Email Blast (which provides information of upcoming events in the local area) or the monthly, Thought of the Day devotional (which provides a word of encouragement to get you through those tough times). Tirelessly, Bridget Norvell is constantly evolving and adding to the program structure of TNMA with the hope to better meet the needs of this community. She is a wife, mother, minister of dance, motivational speaker, and executive director of TNMA.

Editors: Hope Elliott

Hope Elliott has over 17 years experience in educational program development. She has held positions such as Director of Financial Aid, Director of Upward Bound, Executive Director of Horizons Academic Enrichment Program, and Coordinator of Child First Extended Learning Program. In that period of time, Hope had to prepare several funding proposals in order to sustain these programs.

In 1994, Hope expanded her grant writing experience when a friend asked her to help to prepare an application for funding from HUD – the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. It was through this experience that Hope realized the need for grant writers, and the wide array of grants that could be written. That was the birth of Write Stuff – which later was changed to Grants by Write Stuff to give a clearer description of the mission. Since 1992, Hope has written over 200 grants and secured over $3.8 million dollars for non-profit organizations. The mission of these organizations range from:

early childhood development and family literacy;
education and youth development, including financial literacy;
community development block grants;
drug and alcohol recovery centers, including health care disparities;
flood and disaster mitigation,
housing rehabilitation program for elderly and disabled victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Charlie.
and most recently, funding for a community action agency, a minority-owned and run pharmacy, and a youth-led radio and internet news program