

"You Must First Love Yourself"


ABOUT ME
Monique D. Howell-Moree, was born in Oklahoma City, Ok. She is a 1999 graduate of Summerville High School and after graduation; Monique enlisted in the United States Army. As a member of the U.S. military, Monique worked as an Administrative Clerk assisting fellow soldiers to ensure that their personnel were maintained accurately and were always up to date. She completed four years of military service and during these four years, she travelled all over the world. During the cycle of her life, Monique has many experiences that have made a dramatic impact on her life today. During a low point in her life, Monique faced an experience that forever changed her life. This experience was in finding out that she was HIV positive. As a result, Monique had to learn how to gain the strength from God and the support of her Family and Friends necessary for her to walk out of the valley and climb back to the mountaintop. She relied on God to take the pain away, and she began to work in the church that her father Bishop Howell founded, Solid Rock Outreach Ministry now locaed in Holly Hill, and St Sephens SC. She currently sings on the Worship team there and helps assis the Youh Department.
Monique is a Author, with her first book titles "Living inside my skin of Silence”, which was released late in August 2010. This book is a leadership and self-reflection testimony. Her story is moving beyond her local community, and is now reaching out to the nation. Monique is also the Founder and CEO of Monique’s Hope for Cure Outreach Services" in Holly Hill, SC where her organization provides assistance to include food, clothing, counseling services, referral services, HIV/AIDS & STD testing, as well as providing outreach health education and promotion services to individuals to help stop the pandemic of HIV/AIDS.

The mandate on Monique's life reaches beyond her home and her church, and is often called on to serve the community with her National recognition and public speaking on many diplomatic platforms. Monique Moree is a local HIV advocate, where she educates people in the community her story about HIV/AIDS and De-Criminalization. Her goal is to break the stigma and educate people about HIV/AIDS. Monique’s lifestyle and way of doing business proves how grateful to the Lord she is for her success and all that God has bestowed upon her.Monique has a wonderful husband and three boys . Monique’s favorite saying is "You have to first love yourself”. This task was difficult for her but she learned once she began to love herself, the doors began to open wide, It was then she was energized with passion above all and is proving that it is possible to overcome and conquer any disparity. Monique Moree has accomplished many astonishing things such as speaking twice on Capitol Hill, and being flown all over the country to speak at colleges, schools, conferences, and churches. Monique has now completed the filming of four documentary films while also being presented with two honor awards, one from a Domestic Abuse Foundation and the other one was from the City Council in the city of her home Summerville, SC
Monique has hope for anyone with any type of disparity and most of all she shares the leadership and the passion, energy, and fortitude to see an end to AIDS through her driving force behind the Outreach, Public Speaking, and Health Educaion. Monique has found her VOICE and she believes in standing to speak for many wihout one, in hopes that the STIGMA surrounding HIV/AIDS is broken and that love and unity is brought together in all communities.
