About Tonia Allen Gould

"I’m Tonia Allen Gould - a mom, a wife, an entrepreneur, an author, and more recently, a social entrepreneur with an island venture in Nicaragua. But, life wasn’t always this ideal. I grew-up in rural Indiana, living below the poverty line, and part of Indiana’s foster care system. At the age of seventeen, I was emancipated and on my own. To say I had to figure out this thing called life is an understatement. I broke the cycle through human connections, hard work and perseverance. I learned early on there was a life for me, tangible and within my reach; I just had to want to reach out and grab it. And I did just that.

Since overcoming that adversity, I’ve founded and run a successful consumer promotions and marketing company, wrote and self-published a children's picture book, and founded an island for social good. I’m the proud mom of two great kids, and have a loving husband who has supported my ambitions. Simply put, I never gave up."