• About Divinity

    Divinity is a creative entrepreneur, thought leader and career mom who is passionate about the destigmatization and decriminalization of cannabis, racial equity, gender equity, reproductive justice, startups, tech and social impact. She is a creative problem solver and independent thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit and dynamic leadership skills.

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    Creative Entrepreneur

    Since 2010, Divinity has been the sole owner of Matovu Consulting, a boutique consulting and business strategy firm serving clients in the US, Canada, Mexico, various African nations and the Caribbean. In 2021, Divinity launched Exodus Edibles, a health and wellness cannabis infusion brand that manufactures gourmet Southern-style desserts infused with high quality medical grade cannabis and CBD oil. She also founded Watotolly in 2016 to provide busy parents with affordable, convenient, and trustworthy childcare. She made the difficult decision to sunset Exodus Edibles and Watotolly after failing to secure venture capital funding.

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    Motherhood

    Divinity is a mother to two children: her adopted son Shafiq who lives in Uganda and her biological daughter Nyah. She is an advocate for career moms and the empowerment of women globally. She created the MBA Mama blog in 2015 to increase the visibility of MBA moms and help women navigate family and career planning. Divinity is a 2010 recipient of Glamour Magazine’s Annual Woman of the Year Awards where she was recognized as one of twenty women in their 20s changing the world.

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    Education

    Divinity is a 2017 MBA graduate of The Wharton School where she focused on finance and entrepreneurial management. As a Wharton student, she led a team that advocated for the installation of lactation rooms at The Wharton School's Jon M. Huntsman Hall. She completed her undergraduate studies Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude at the University of Southern California in 2008, becoming the 1st person in her family to graduate from a four-year college. She spent a semester in Kenya and Tanzania studying post-colonial history and KiSwahili. She is a proud alum and 2004 graduate of The Prairie School, an elite private school founded by Sam and Imogene Johnson in her home state of Wisconsin.

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    Social Impact & Sustainability

    After a transformational experience studying in Kenya and Tanzania, Divinity co-founded the Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association (AGYA) in Uganda in 2008 to address issues facing urban youth. Under her leadership, AGYA provided outreach, education, and services to more than 2,000 youth living in urban poverty. Divinity's experience in nonprofit management is a major driver of her consulting practice as she assists nonprofit and social impact organizations with HR, finance and fundraising, marketing, operations and program management. She provides discounted consulting rates to nonprofit clients.

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    If you'd like to work with Divinity, you can enter into a monthly retainer agreement where Divinity is available to work on your deliverables on a regular basis (3 month minimum) or you can hire Divinity for project-based work (10 hour minimum). Client testimonials are available upon request.

    Divinity founded Matovu Consulting in 2010 as a boutique, 100% remote management consulting firm. With more than 15 years experience in tech, law, impact investing, consulting, education, entertainment, non-profit management, and community organizing in local and national politics, Divinity has leveraged her experience to help a diverse group of clients achieve their business goals.

     

    Divinity's functional experience includes strategy and operations, branding, marketing and communications, fundraising, corporate social responsibility, human resources and general management. She has worked with small businesses, startups, nonprofit and major national brands in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Kenya, Jamaica and Uganda.

     

    Divinity also offers 1:1 coaching to help clients develop a game plan to accomplish their entrepreneurial and creative business goals. Whether you need an accountability partner, help strategizing for a career pivot or promotion, or help prepping for MBA applications, Divinity is here to be of service. Divinity's 1:1 coaching rate is $300 per hour. Customized coaching packages can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis depending on your income-level, family size and financial need.

     

    Key practice areas include:

    • Entrepreneurship 101
    • Finance 101
    • Leadership 101
    • Brand design
    • Product marketing
    • Product design
    • Paralegal
    • University Admissions

     

    Want to hire Divinity for a consulting engagement, click here to complete our Client Intake Form.

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    MBA Mama

    MBA Mama is an online platform that provides ambitious women with tools and resources to leverage an MBA and strategically navigate family/career planning. Founded by Divinity in 2015, MBA Mama is now the world's largest professional network dedicated exclusively to MBA moms.

  • Cannabis Advocacy

    Divinity is a vocal advocate for the legalization of cannabis federally. Divinity's mother was a cannabis entrepreneur in the legacy market in the 1990's and was unfortunately the target of a federal DEA raid when Divinity was a young child. Divinity witnessed her mother get arrested for distributing cannabis, a drug that’s now legal for medicinal use in 36 states and recreational use in 15 states.
  • Exodus Edibles

    Divinity's latest venture is Exodus Edibles, a health and wellness brand that manufactures gourmet Southern-style desserts infused with high quality medical grade cannabis and CBD oil. Visit the website and follow Exodus Edibles on TikTok, Twitter, Vimeo and Instagram for updates.
    Divinity's love for baking developed as a child spending time with her mother Barbara, her aunties Bessie and Debra and grandmothers Martha Ann, Ruby Doris and Bianca in the kitchen making decadent sweet treats for soul food Sundays and during the holiday season.
     
    While searching for a solution for stress, insomnia and anxiety, Divinity discovered edibles in 2018 and fell in love. 
     
    Since 2020, she has been researching and experimenting with cannabis cooking and ingesting various types of edibles - from gummies to chocolate bars to herbal teas. She strongly believes in the healing power of cannabis and expects that adult cannabis use will be mainstream in North America 100 years from now. 
     
    Exodus Edibles' flagship product - the Exodus Brownie infused with Premium OG Kush - is a gooey, fudgy brownie full of rich chocolate sourced from pure Jamaican cacao. It will give you that smooth, relaxed, euphoric feeling. 
     
    Perfect for winding down from a long day or getting in the mood for a frisky night with your partner. We work with pharmaceutical chemists, medical cannabis experts, and clinical compound herbalists to perfect the cannabis infusion process and proper dosage of our edibles.
     
    Divinity is a vocal advocate for the legalization of cannabis federally. Divinity's mother was a cannabis entrepreneur in the legacy market in the 1990's and was unfortunately the target of a federal Drug Enforcement Agency raid when Divinity was a young child. The experience traumatized Divinity and catalyzed her activism in the area of decriminalization and destigmatization of cannabis.
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    Barbara Goss Gonzalez Memorial Fund

    Divinity set up the BGG Memorial Fund in 2015 to honor the memory and legacy of her mother. The fund provides scholarships to mothers pursuing a degree at any level from trade school to community college to PhD programs.

  • Blog

    "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston

    In 2022, I commit to building a liberated, integrated life.  Because of the way my Type A brain...
    My last blog post was titled “Officially An MBA Mama: So What’s Next?” I am ecstatic to share...
    May 19, 2017 · motherhood,Business,Wharton
    On May 14, 2017, I became the first person in my family’s history to complete my MBA at a top...
  • Musings & Thought Leadership

    Divinity is a cultural influencer and thought leader on topics like: motherhood, entrepreneurship and cannabis. Click below for Divinity's thoughts on relevant topics and scroll down to submit an inquiry to book Divinity for a speaking engagement or podcast interview.

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    May 2016

    Published By: Accepted.Com 

    [Podcast Episode 152]

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    August 2015

    Written For MBA Mama

  • Book Divinity

    Booking speakers for your organization? Organizing a conference at your company or university? Book Divinity for topics like: being an ambitious career mom, cannabis wellness, herbal remedies and plant medicine, racial and gender equity, consumer tech, women in business/tech, and entrepreneurship. Complete the inquiry form to contact Divinity and receive her availability and speaker fee rate card.

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