Dr. Rosie Milligan Biography

Dr. Milligan's Motto: “Erase, No!—Step-Over, Can’t!—and Move Forward with Life!” 
 

Dr. Rosie Milligan, registered nurse, counselor/health consultant, author, and Ph.D. in business administration, has always been an achiever. Every career or business she’s been involved in has included helping other people accomplish what they wanted in life. Her motto, “Erase, No!—Step-Over, Can’t!—and Move Forward with Life!” has been a motivating influence for hundreds to whom she has been mentor and role model.

The mother of three entrepreneurs—an M.D., a cosmetologist, and a health food store owner—Dr. Milligan lectures nationally on economic empowerment, managing diversity in the workplace, and male/female relationships. Her books, Starting a Business Made Simple, Getting Out of Debt Made Simple and Creating a New You in Six Weeks Made Simple, have helped many across the country. Her most recent release, Black America Faces Economic Crisis: Solutions Made Simple, is a must-read. Dr. Milligan is also the author of thirteen other books.

Dr. Milligan has been an instructor in nursing education and was director of nursing for the College of Allied Health Careers and for the Los Angeles Job Corp Center. She assisted in writing the competency-based educational curriculum for Geriatric Nursing for the National Job Corp, was a former employee of United Health Plan (HMO) as nursing supervisor and staff development and holds lifetime teaching credentials with the state of California.

As an entrepreneur and economic empowerment activist, the Mississippi native co-owns a bookstore with her son. She owns Professional Business Consulting Services—providing consultation for new and small businesses and staff development training for corporations. In 1990, she started a publishing company, Milligan Books, where she has published over 150 new African-American authors in the past ten years. Her publishing company is the largest and fastest growing publishing company owned by an African-American female in the nation.

A successful motivational speaker and trainer, she has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, such as Sally Jesse Raphael in New York; A.M. Philadelphia; Evening Exchange in Washington, D.C., Marilyn Kagan Show in Los Angeles, The Rob Nelson Show in Los Angeles, and she’s a regular guest on Stevie Wonder’s KJLH Radio. She is founder and director of “Black Writers on Tour,” and a former columnist for Black Issue Book Review Magazine. Dr. Milligan Host her own Cable TV show—Express Yourself Literary Café.  She is the publisher of The Los Angeles Truth Newspaper. Her articles have been published in major newspapers nationwide.

Dr. Milligan was recipient of the 1996 Pioneer Women Award―Los Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women and was also the recipient of the 2001 Ervin Magic Johnson Master of Money Award. Dr. Milligan was nominated for Best Community Leader in the Steve Harvey’s 2004 Hoodie Awards. She was a former chairperson of the Community Advisory Group 8th District and former member of HOPE Toast Masters Chapter 1013 Los Angeles.

Dr. Milligan is obviously a woman who knows no limits and has proven this with her newest venture, Milligan Literary Agency. She has sold her work to some of the largest and most prestigious publishing houses.