About Laura M.

I am a bilingual journalist and editor with over 20 years of experience covering the business beat in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.

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Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru is a 22-year-old environmental justice advocate motivated to uplift the voices of those most adversely impacted by climate change. She is the founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, a Rhodes Scholar, and a climate communicator. For her work in collaboration with other activists and thought leaders, Wawa has been recognized as a 2020 Young Futurist by The Root, a 2020 Grist 50 FIXER, a 2020 Glamour College Woman of the Year, a 2021 Victoria’s Secret PINK Purpose Project Winner, and has spoken on her work across the country.

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About D'Shonda B.

D'Shonda Brown currently serves as the Associate Editor of ESSENCE's Girls United. As a Brooklyn native and Spelman College alumna with a BA in English, D'Shonda has a deep-rooted appreciation for Black women, culture, hip-hop and style. A suicide attempt survivor, rape survivor and mental health advocate, D'Shonda's mission is to be a voice for the voiceless, have tough conversations through her writing and destigmatize negative connotations through her work. Before graduating from the number one HBCU with a BA in English, D'Shonda had internships at Johnson & Johnson, Adult Swim, and ABC 7 News - WJLA. Once realizing her passion lied in the realm of journalism and storytelling, she was a respected multimedia freelance culture journalist who has bylines in Forbes, HYPEBAE, HighSnobiety, REVOLT, HelloBeautiful, Coveteur, Shape, Health, and more. Over the years, D'Shonda has interviewed notable influencers, celebrities, and public figures including Gabrielle Union, Chloe x Halle, Desus & Mero, Tinashe, Kelly Rowland, Tracee Ellis Ross, Migos, T-Pain, Issa Rae, and Big Sean.

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I'm an attorney, but a true marketer at heart! Let's connect to create memorable content for your customers to ACT on!

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About The Dragon S.

Issa & Odessa Dragon are an award-winning multidisciplinary performance duo based in Brooklyn. They are completely out of the box and can be seen performing all over NYC and Jersey, where they have stormed as staples in the community. This sisterhood and collaboration began while Issa and Odessa were studying at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College (where Odessa is now a professor). Their individual careers in professional dance includes contracts with The Martha Graham Dance Company, Gallim Dance, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and the Metropolitan Opera. They have presented work with Mana Contemporary, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and Gibney Dance. The Dragon Sisters are major forces in the NYC nightlife scene. They won twice at the 2021 Glam Awards: Best Duo/Group and Breakthrough Artists of the Year. Their debut EP, The Fine Print, was also released in 2021, and in 2022 The Dragon Sisters were honored as official ambassadors for NYC Pride. They have presented live music in collaboration with Summer Stage Festival, Lady Fag’s Lady Land Festival, Daybreaker, and Zero Community. Their work as artists and culture leaders has been covered in media outlets including Billboard, Vogue, and TelfarTV. A Dragon Sisters experience is equal parts dynamic synchronous movement, lyric incantations, skin, glitter, and hip-hop vibrations that reach audiences in their viscera. Their music and performances pay homage to their ancestry and black & brown queer futurity. Their music is a hypnotic concoction of Bronx grit with a Southern pulse. Their style interprets femininity and power to promote possibility and love. Their most recent collaboration is a campaign with the one and only Danessa Myricks Beauty, featuring their new single “Beauty Supply”. Available on all platforms, the song is an affirmation to unapologetic black femininity, and will be followed by more new music dropping in Fall 2022.

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publicist in NY

About Vanilla C.

Vanilla Chi is a Chinese freelance illustrator/designer/independent publisher, who currently work in Brooklyn. Her work is influence by a ‘desire for beautiful things’, and her belief that aesthetic systems have the power to transform the world. Tragedies and nostalgia are always the main themes in her works. She worked for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, VICE, It’s Nice That, Olympic, Kiblind, and others in advertising, publishing, packaging, etc.