Take a few minutes and explore the possibilities of a business where you create your own hours, govern your life and produce a reliable, ongoing income. Click here for more information! AALF, Inc. Board of Directors Carol Taylor Executive Director Sam Taylor Board Chairperson Iam Taylor Office Manager

Carol Taylor, Executive Director
African-American Lupus Foundation, Inc.

Carol Taylor is the founding Executive Director of the African American Lupus Foundation Inc.,and the sole owner of Carol Taylor Associates Inc., a management, consultant and training firm. Carol graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Masters Degree in English Education and Curriculum in 1982. She was a candidate for the Doctoral Degree in Education Administration when she was diagnosed with Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in 1985. After spending five years in treatment and recovery, Carol began her road back to engaging in an active life after Lupus. With Lupus in remission, Carol became active and performed volunteer counseling of other women with Lupus, especially African American and other women of color. With the support of the Minnesota State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, The Lupus Foundation of Minnesota, The Disability Alliance Council, The Governor's Council on Disabilities and The United Way of Minnesota, Carol was able to find support that she needed to make her feel valued, rewarded and recognized in the community.

For Carol, Lupus was a serious and even life-threatening problem which if left untreated could have been fatal. Lupus presented itself in various ways. The onset was gradual and begin to affect her graduate level studies to the point where she sought out and received validation that her diagnoses was Lupus. Carol participated with the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota in 1988 as an active member and volunteer in working specifically with African American Women with Lupus while she was in recovery herself. Carol established the African American Lupus Foundation Inc., in 1990 out of a need to promote and improve the health and well being of African Americans as well as other refugees and immigrants in the Greater Twin Cities area by bridging the gap between the culturals and the culture and religious beliefs of the health care professions and other professions to include government social services and the business community who are involved in providing services for this population.

Carol's background as a public school teacher, employment and transition counselor, religious counselor, sales and market specialist gave her a broad background and training as the Executive Director and CEO for the African American Lupus Foundation and Program Manager for the Somali Community of Minnesota, Inc.

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