Charmin A. Bates
Founder & CEO @Creative Girls Rock
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WORK HISTORY
Founder & CEO @Creative Girls Rock
Nashville, TN, US
Creative Girls Rock® is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that empowers girls, women, and underserved communities to discover and express their creativity while building confidence, resilience, and leadership. Through our core CGR Master Class and programs like Creative Kids Rock®, Creative Seniors Rock, and large-scale mural/performance projects, we provide culturally relevant, trauma-informed arts programming. Our workshops, camps, and community collaborations integrate visual arts, music, dance, writing, and wellness practices to foster self-expression, emotional resilience, and belonging. We center marginalized youth and women, nurturing creative leaders who are resilient, socially conscious, and equipped to inspire positive change in their communities.CGR Motto:I do, YOU do, WE doCGR Key Initiatives:Creative ArtsMental Health & WellnessWomen EmpowermentYouth Development
EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University
Certificate of Completion, Business of VU
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Insititute
Professionalism
Yale School of Management
Pre-MBA Leadership Program
Tennessee State University
B.A., Fashion Merchandising/Business Administration; Leadership
Trevecca Nazarene University
M.Ed., Organizational Leadership/ Non-Profit Management
ABOUT CHARMIN A. BATES
A highly motivated advocate for young professionals, educational development and community engagement. Loves to create, develop and implement programs and activities to empower others to reach their full potential.Founder and CEO: Creative Girls Event Operations - Project Management- Fashion Consulting- Resume & Cover Letters- Youth Development Hobbies- Arts & Crafts- Extreme Sports- BowlingStrengths:#StrengthsFinder- Achiever - Strategic- Responsibility- Discipline - Positivity Personal Motto:\"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law, that you may be successful wherever you go.\"Joshua 1:7 NIV
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