During regular business hours, new callers will typically be connected with Nadine Livingston (she/her), who serves as the receptionist for Creative Repute. She is the mother of the organization’s founder, Nile Livingston, and a retired special education school teacher from the School District of Philadelphia. For over 35 years of service, Nadine has mentored staff members, taught children with wide-ranging learning styles, and interviewed applicants applying for jobs in the Philadelphia School District. Her other duties included co-teaching with regular-education teachers, facilitating staff development, and preparing and testing students for Pennsylvania state-wide exams.
Nadine attended Cheyney University and graduated with a bachelor’s in Elementary Education. She also received a minor in Special Education during her time there. After that, she returned to school to get her Master’s degree in Special Education and her certification in Mathematics and Science for grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Nadine’s mid-career transition saw her take on new responsibilities, including Resource Support Teacher for Staff and Students and Special Education Liaison for several schools across Philadelphia.
Nadine is outgoing and always eager to help those around her feel welcomed and supported. She can be a social butterfly. This is just one of the many reasons why she is now the person who answers the phone at Creative Repute and directs callers to the appropriate resources available 
within the company. Nadine treats others with respect and places a high value on being honest. She has a strong sense of integrity and equity.
Nadine is a devoted wife and the mother of two beautiful daughters. As her children were growing up, she encouraged them to participate in various activities, such as dance, visual arts, Girl Scouts, music lessons, gymnastics, and karate, until they discovered what they were genuinely passionate about in life. Nadine raised her daughters to believe in themselves. One of her favorite quotes comes from a poem by Langston Hughes: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow.
Nadine’s unquenchable desire to learn new things and expand her horizons, in addition to having excellent communication skills, allows her to take advantage of the technology available in today’s world to work remotely while performing receptionist duties at Creative Repute. The world, in Nadine’s eyes, is her greatest teacher. When she is not actively engaged in work or travel, Nadine likes to relax by reading for pleasure, gardening, and listening to a diverse array of music. The next item on her list of life’s goals is to improve her swimming ability.
Once she retired from the district, she was eager to continue using her skills to assist community members in any way she could, including pointing them toward the appropriate resources. Volunteer work is something that Nadine enjoys doing in her spare time. She is a member of the scholarship committee and greeter ministries at Saint Matthew AME Church. Additionally, she is a volunteer treasurer for the Walnut Hill Community Association and an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Chums, Inc., an organization that awards college scholarships to high school seniors with the highest grade point average.
Nadine’s favorite volunteer opportunity is with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) because it allows her to collaborate with more than 1.8 million members to deliver programs and resources to those who are at least 50 years old and because she enjoys assisting others in becoming 
more self-reliant as they age gracefully.
Nadine developed new skills as a front desk receptionist at The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation in West Philadelphia. Among her responsibilities there, she updated the staff’s Google Calendar with meetings, collected and organized mail, and connected contacts to the appropriate people listed in TEC’s directory.
Nadine now takes great pleasure in serving as a receptionist for Creative Repute. She aims to ensure that a pleasant, kind, and responsible human greets callers during Creative Repute’s business hours. If she’s not in a good place to answer the phone right away, she will surely call you back, so we encourage people to leave a message with the best phone number and email address to contact.