Leah’s Biography
About Leah Cher Pump
Leah Cher Pump is the president and CEO of the LadyLike Foundation. Inc. Her vision for starting this company began in 2004 when her pastor, Dr. R.A. Williams Jr., appointed her as the director of the Youth and Young Adult Ministry at the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California. As the Youth and Young Adult director, Leah implemented many successful programs, one of which was the “LadyLike” class. At her church, “LadyLike” was designed to teach young women through the word of God, how to be virtuous and well- rounded.
Throughout the LadyLike class, young women were able to participate in bible studies that focused on the women in the bible, etiquette courses, college and career fairs, confidence and self-esteem lectures, fashion and make-up classes, job interview trainings, and retreats.
In 2006, Leah decided to launch the LadyLike Foundation, Inc. as a non-profit 501c3 for girls throughout the city, state, and country to participate. Currently, the LadyLike Foundation, Inc. has completed its 4th year as a non-profit organization continuing with its cutting edge courses and workshops open to girls ages 7 and up. The foundation has also given away thousands of dollars in college scholarships to young ladies graduating from high school at its annual LadyLike Foundation “Women of Excellence Luncheon.”
Along with being the president of the LadyLike Foundation, Inc. Leah is also an educator. She has taught elementary school for 9 years, and has been the principal of Wilshire Private School in Los Angeles for the past 2 years. Leah is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and has received her Masters Degree in Education from Pepperdine University.
Leah has a passion for young women. She dreams that all of the young women she encounters establishes a relationship with the Lord, realizes their value, reaches their full potential, and becomes socially, intellectually, and mentally prepared to compete in today’s society. She truly believes that the LadyLike Foundation, Inc. will be the organization that enables women of all cultures, ages and socioeconomic backgrounds to becoming the virtuous, well-rounded “Lady” that God has created them to be.
