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Congratulations Frank Moody and Spacebar Café on being selected as my Black History Month Business honoree! An information technology specialist, Spacebar’s owner Frank Moody combined his computer career with a longtime dream of opening a cafe. He named it after the space bar on a keyboard, preceding it with the Internet’s reliance of the “at” symbol. Spacebar Café is locally owned and proudly operated by veterans. Frank Moody is a retired Air Force master sergeant. In addition to food offerings, Spacebar also serves as a community venue for Comedy shows, Open Mic nights, and space rental.

Spacebar was acknowledged at the California Legislative Black Caucus and the California Black Chamber of Commerce Annual Black Business Brunch this month!

Over the past 20 years, LaWana has been actively involved in community service and social justice endeavors. She is one of the inaugural Chrispeels Fellowship recipients and earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, San Marcos and University of California, San Diego.  Her research interests include leadership development and employee engagement as well as access to and persistence in education.

LaWana is a member of the Advisory Board for the C. Montgomery Technology Fund, which supports community access to technology at the Malcolm X Library in southeast San Diego. She has served on the Executive Board of the African American Alumni Chapter of the San Diego State University Alumni Association, Executive Board of the UJIMA Network, Advisory Board of N.U.M.E.R.A.L.S. (formerly known as the Hadassah Project), Area 17 Governor for Western Division, District 5 of Toastmasters International, Chair of UC San Diego Black Staff Association, Chair-Elect and Chair of the UC San Diego Staff Association, as well as Junior and Senior Delegate for the Council of University of California Staff Associations.