Meet The Founder

AFWMN Founder
& Co-Founder

Meet our Co-Founder

Meet Florence Wanda, JD, LLM, CPPM

Florence Wanda is the Co-Founder of African Fashion Week Minnesota & CEO of Lighthouse Business & Tax Solutions, a Small Business Capacity Building Firm and the Co-Founder and President of Field of Dreams Empowerment Center, a Community Based Organization.

Florence has a wealth of experience in engaging small businesses to achieve their potential and long-term goals. She is passionate about assisting small businesses to gain stability and longevity by engaging them in high-level thinking, understanding their businesses, analyzing strengths and weaknesses, defining objectives, assisting businesses in setting goals and assisting businesses in the execution of identified strategies and expansion of market share.

Florence is a practicing professional in the areas of Strategic Business Planning, Capacity Building in Small Businesses, Merger & Acquisition, Marketing Strategies, Tax Strategies, Global Tax Administration Restructuring & Strategies, Small Business Incorporation, QuickBooks & Accounting, Small Business Tax Compliance, Tax Audit Defense, Transfer Pricing Expert, Business Audit, IRS Audit, Trained TADAT Assessor.

She has vast experience in African Fashion, Arts and Culture. Florence’s experience with African Fashion started as a supplier of African Clothing and Arts through Afro Vision International, a Family-Owned Business. Florence was involved in the premier of Black Expo in Saint Louis, Missouri, and a few years after before moving to Minnesota.

Meet Modoh

Delores Modoh Wanda is a fashion entrepreneur, cultural visionary, and community leader whose work sits at the intersection of fashion, African heritage, cultural representation, and creative empowerment. Through her leadership and entrepreneurship, she has built influential platforms that bring together designers, models, artists, and communities to celebrate the richness and global influence of African culture.

A graduate of Berkeley College in Manhattan, New York, Delores holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising and Management, giving her a strong foundation in both the business and creative dimensions of the fashion industry. Her professional journey began in New York, where she worked as a print and runway model, gaining firsthand experience in fashion presentation and the creative environment of one of the world’s most influential fashion capitals — experience that continues to inform her perspective as an entrepreneur and platform builder today.

Beyond fashion, Delores is deeply committed to cultural connection and community engagement. She serves as Co-Event Chair of the Minnesota African Cultural Festival, a signature annual celebration bringing African communities and friends of Africa together through music, dance, art, fashion, cuisine, and family-centered experiences.

Delores is also the Founder and Owner of Modoh Fashion, a boutique born from her lifelong passion for fashion, individuality, and cultural identity — connecting contemporary style with heritage and encouraging others to express themselves with confidence and purpose. At the heart of her work is a lasting commitment to representation, cultural pride, and creative opportunity.