My Story

Dr. Monica Hayes is a consultant in education, health, and mental health. Dr. Hayes has served in several leadership positions since her arrival in Tallahassee from the Northeast in 2001.

 

She was the first Director of the Office of Equity and Access for
Florida’s DOE; Assistant Director for DOH’s Office of Minority Health; Director of Operations at Bond Community Health Services and she has served on several statewide committees and task forces. Dr. Hayes has also had the pleasure of teaching students at FAMU and at Tallahassee Community College in social work, Spanish, and Intensive English. She taught middle school ESOL students at Shanks Middle
School in Gadsden County. 

Dr. Hayes has earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Vermont, a Master’s in Clinical Social Work from the University of Connecticut, and a Doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Hayes is bilingual, bicultural by training in Spanish.

Dr. Hayes is the incoming President of the Capital Area Healthy Start board of directors. She is the District 1 Director for the 2024-2026 biennium of the Delta Kappa Gamma International and is a member of the Alpha Kappa Chapter.

 

Dr. Hayes believes that travel educates you, informs you, and stretches your mind. She has visited Beijing and Liaoning, China; Lagos, Nigeria; Durban South Africa; Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico; the Dominican Republic, and several Caribbean Islands. Sint Maarten is her favorite. 

Dr. Hayes has a solid reputation as an accomplished public speaker with a wide array of experiences presenting to  audiences large and small on a range of topics including K-
20 issues in education, closing the achievement gap, Cultural and Linguistic Competency, Difficult Conversations about Race, Sensuality, Sexuality, and YOU! and Aromatherapy. She is a published author of three books, being Pure Pleasure: A Collection of Erotic Interludes; Tell Me How You Like It, Cause I Want to Please You; and Your Mind, My Playground.