Publications and Achievements:

Public Service:

• Illinois District 144 - Elected Board of Education member (Term: 2023-2027)

• Hazel Crest Community Art Center Leadership Team (2024-2025)

• Village of Hazel Crest (IL) Commissioner, Zoning and Planning (2021-2023)

     Appointed by Mayor Vernard Alsbury

Professional Resources

• League of Women Voters (Dr. Sy) 

• A Day in the Life: Faculty Relationship Manager SyLinda Musaindapo, EdD

• Juneteenth 2020: Tell your Story

• Executive Coaching - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/ Career Support (2019-present) www.synergycollect.org 

• Black Social Capital Podcast, Episode 10 

https://www.staymotivatedandrisetogether.com/bsc-episodes/episode10-drsy 

• Northern Illinois University - Doctorate, Adult and Higher Education (2018)

Exploring African American Students’ Perceptions of Belonging at an Urban Community College in Western United States

Dissertation Link: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED599501 

Self-Development Publications

Big Feelings: A children’s workbook about emotions (2022)

Available at:www.synergycollect.org 

12 Days a Year: the self-care journal you will actually finish (2020)

Available at:www.synergycollect.org 

Passing the Baton by, Reginald Ryder (2020)

Foreword by SyLinda Musaindapo

A guide and memoir of college success