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Dr. Joyce W. Teal a graduate of Prairie View A&M University and Jacksonville Theological Seminary.

She began writing professionally in 1995 and has written numerous books and several award-winning poems.

She has been an educator for more than 35 years and has taught at the middle school, high school and college levels.

She is a sought-after motivational speaker and workshop leader and was named “2012 Woman of the Year” by the members of Upsilon Nu Zeta, the chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., her sorority. The chapter’s scholarship has been named in her honor, the Dr. Joyce Willard Teal’s Scholarship.

Her latest honor was selection as an honoree for the African American Educators’ Hall of Fame.

She is a wife, mother and grandmother and declares that her 7 grandchildren are the light of her life

Don’t Sweat It, Kid (Trilogy) consists of three volumes that are loaded with information and scenarios that are designed to provoke thought and effect positive changes in the behavior and way of thinking about ordinary occurrences and experiences in the life of young people, ages eleven through eighteen. They’ll find easy solutions to some of their most recurring problems and/or stress-provoking situations.

As a young person entering or going through adolescence, there have been or will be times during this phase of life when youth will have to make decisions that can potentially change or set the course for the rest of their lives. Don’t Sweat It, Kid has been written for them. It can help them to make these important decisions, and it can help them to make them in a way that will be advantageous to them.

“Just Do It Kid” is the third book in the “Don’t Sweat It Kid” Trilogy. The trilogy is targeted for the adolescent audience. Volume 1. Don’t Sweat it, Kid, consists of the first 33 more than 100 topics. Volume 2, Hang in There, Kid, consists of topics 34 through 65, and Volume 3, Just Do it, Kid, consists of topics 66 through 101. These topics have been chosen because of their relevance to the lives of young people. Youth are encouraged to read these books with an open mind and to share them with a friend. Potentially the topics addressed can help them to become better people, more giving family members and wonderful role models for the younger kids who are part of their world.