Impact at a Glance
This page holds more than just milestones—it holds memory, movement, and meaning. Every number, every title, every offering is tied to a deeper story: of a first-gen Black girl from Southside Jamaica, Queens who became a healer, an educator, a scholar, and a mother walking in divine purpose. My work lives at the intersections of justice, beauty, spirit, and scholarship. Whether I’m building curriculum, blessing skin, or speaking truth into rooms, I move with intention and legacy. This is what impact looks like when it’s led by love, lifted by community, and rooted in liberation.
🎓 Scholarship Grounded in Lived Experience
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Dual Master’s degrees in TESOL from Hunter College School of Education & Philosophy and Education from Teachers College Columbia University.
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Esthetics and Nail Technician from Christine Valmy International School for Esthetic, Skin Care and Makeup
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Current PhD candidate at Columbia University, Teachers College where I practice what I preach.
📍 NYC-Based, Globally Engaged
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Raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens but serving communities worldwide since a teenager
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Merges local wisdom with international experience for energetic impact
👩🏾🏫 Educator & Advocate
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10+ years of teaching, coaching, and mentoring and most of all- learning.
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Reached over 1,500+ students and families, especially first-gen, Black, and multilingual learners.
🖤 Founder of Blyssom by Shapel
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A beauty + wellness brand that honors ancestral care, embodiment, and Black feminist healing
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Licensed, certified and trained in Esthetics and Certified in Alternative Natural Healing Therapies.
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8 years of serving clients through holistic esthetics, alternative energetic therapy, and ritual-based skincare
🌺 Doula & Birthing Manifestor
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Holding sacred space for birth, rebirth, and transitions—both physical and spiritual
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Guiding womb journeys, personal awakenings, and divine transformation
📣 Speaker. Healer. Curriculum Designer.
From classrooms to conference stages, Shapel *Moniqe LaBorde fuses philosophy, story, and soul in every space she enters.
Committed to being beyond what her Ancestors envisioned.
Satisfaction Guarantee
I do this work with my whole heart—grounded in spirit, guided by scholarship, and rooted in service. Whether you’ve booked a consultation, received a healing service, or partnered with me for curriculum design or speaking, know this: I honor your trust, your time, and your truth.
If you walk away from our time together feeling unheard, unseen, or unsatisfied—I invite you to reach out. I will listen. I will make it right. Because this is more than a business. This is a ministry of care.
A calling. And your peace, clarity, and transformation matter deeply to me. You deserve nothing less than intention, integrity, and impact. That’s my promise.