As Professor Emeritus form Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn Campus, Linda has been an advocate for Technology Certification in the 21st Century Workplace. She has been a speaker for the International Association of Administrative Professionals, Girls Educational Mentoring Services (GEMS), and a workshop facilitator for the Computer Technology Institute at LIU and other colleges throughout the City University of New York. A certified Educational Technologist, and Human Development and Leadership Specialist, Linda has helped shape and mold the career and business growth and develop of many individuals influenced by her leadership and guidance.
In 2008, Linda became interested the field of Media Management. She was the host of the “Edwards Gaddy Report” featured on BRIC Arts Media public access television. The show was a no-to low-cost way for small business owners to pitch their company to viewers throughout the tri-state area on local public access television. This media management experience led to her becoming the CTO of EGI Studios Photography, a company providing school pictures, family portraits, and team sports photography services.
Linda is an avid Racquetball player, having enlisted in competitions in Florida, the US Virgin Islands, and in the New York area. She has been trained as a Fitness Instructor for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation under the Shape-Up NYC Program. One of her favorite past times is dancing, and she can be seen making moves to some inspirational music on a crowded dance floor.
In May 2020, right in the smack of the Pandemic, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. After Chemo Therapy, a double mastectomy, radiation therapy, a heart attack, and a mild stroke, I am grateful to be alive. I had a team of great doctors that have helped in my treatment. I am blessed to have been surrounded by so much good energy and so many positive people who helped me through. I am a devoted Wife to my husband of 15 years who walked with me through it all. I am loyal to my friends of whom have mostly been around for 45 or more years, my Nephew who helped wherever he could, and my Mother, a Breast Cancer survivor, who mentored me, along with my family members from near and far who called, wrote, or were prayer warriors. As a spiritual being, I know that I had a “footsteps in the sand moment”, because it was God who carried me through.