# @blackambitionprize on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXPZuyZCXAE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64064025-blackambitionprize-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/63d77ef084.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-17T17:11:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Black Ambition (@blackambitionprize) — https://gondola.cc/blackambitionprize

## Caption

Antoinette Banks built Expert IEP from lived experience. After her daughter’s severe autism diagnosis and a 40-page IEP that focused more on limitations than support, she took matters into her own hands.

What followed is powerful. Her daughter went from being non-verbal with a low expectation of independence to speaking and enrolling in college.

Expert IEP now helps families navigate the complex special education system with clarity and advocacy.

In 2023, Antoinette won the $1M Black Ambition grand prize, but more than that, it was a defining moment of visibility and validation for underrepresented founders building solutions that matter.

Watch the full episode to hear her story and learn from all six founders featured.

#FounderStory #BlackAmbition #ExpertIEP #AutismAwareness #WomenInBusiness

## Stats

- **Views:** 4,127
- **Likes:** 9,636
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- **Comments:** 51

## Tags

blackambition, autismawareness, expertiep, womeninbusiness, founderstory

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