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She Deserves a Roadmap. He Deserves a Strategy. Two Books That Start Where Students Actually Are.

Published On: September 7, 2026|

She Deserves a Roadmap. He Deserves a Strategy. Two Books That Start Where Students Actually Are.

Dr. Shanelle R. Dawson  ·  ED with Dr. Shanelle  ·  DrShanelle.com

The college application window is open. The school year has begun. And somewhere right now, a young woman is looking at everything being asked of her — academically, personally, professionally — and wondering how to hold it all without losing herself in the process.

And somewhere nearby, a student who is putting in real effort is still not seeing it reflected in their results — not because they are not capable, but because the strategy they have been given does not match how they actually learn.

These are the two students Queen Moves and Educate, Encourage, Empower were written for. Not the hypothetical student the system had in mind when it designed its programs. The real one.

Queen Moves — For the Young Woman Who Already Knows She Is Going

Queen Moves: The Ultimate College Prep Guide for Young Ladies is built around the FAR Framework™ — Rhythm, Alignment, and Flow. It begins with the environment a young woman is living and learning in, connects that environment to the future she has named, and moves her through the college preparation process with the clarity and confidence that come from a real plan rather than a checklist someone else handed her.

This book covers everything the college preparation process requires and rarely explains: campus research with a purpose, application timelines that account for her specific situation, scholarship strategy built into the plan rather than added at the end, personal statement development that sounds like her, and the mindset and habits that sustain the process from intention to acceptance letter.

Educate, Encourage, Empower — For the Student the System Underestimated

Educate, Encourage, Empower: The Student’s Guide to Academic Success is built around the PARADIGM™ Strategy — a personalized, research-backed approach to learning that starts with how a student actually processes, retains, and applies information. Not how the system assumed they would.

The student who is working hard and still not getting the results that work deserves is not a student who is failing. They are a student who has not yet been given the strategy that fits them. EEE gives them that strategy — and it gives the parents and educators who champion them the language and the tools to support it.

Both books are self-directed. Both are available now — when the college application season is fully open and the academic year has just begun.

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