Dee Burrell

Doretha "Dee" Burrell is the founder of The Dee Burrell Institute for Women, a professional and personal consulting organization dedicated to empowering women to becoming happier and healthier in their professional and personal lives.

As a breast cancer survivor and an advocate to women's health, Dee hosts seminars and workshops to empower women about early detection of breast cancer. Burrell is a Certified Diversity Consultant and the author of an inspirational book entitled, "Open up the Door and Let Me In," a journal of her experiences surviving breast cancer.

Dee is an advocate for women's health and issues and conducts seminars on breast cancer awareness. Her mission is to restore self-esteem and self-empowerment in all women by motivating them to become happier and healthier in their professional and personal lives. Her story has been featured on CBS 3; Channel 6 ABC, live radio with WHYY, and featured in the Philadelphia Tribune newspaper. She has also co-authored a book by Linda Ellis Eastman, "Living Your Vision and Purpose", in which her chapter is titled: "Starting Over… A New Beginning".

Dee feels blessed and humbled and will share her trials and tribulations in life to help others. Her story is heart-warming, motivating, and inspiring. Burrell is recently pursued her Competent Communicator (CC) title and award with Toastmasters International and plans to start working on her third book.