My name is Ondrea Lee and I’m the Social Media Manager at Cocotique. I'm Black. But if you want to go deep, my mother's side of the family is Cherokee and white and Black, and my dad's side is Black. I'm not engaged with my [Cherokee] culture, unfortunately,...
My name is Kalisha Hall and I’m a fashion designer. My brand is K. RaShae Collection. I started designing wanting to make a difference because I grew up not loving myself and not wanting to be brown for a long time. All of my friends had very light...
My name is Chantale Escobar and I run my jewelry business, Eclectique Collection. Thinking back to 2010, where I only made jewelry for fun, you know the way art always begins; I can’t help but think about how narrow my sight really was, even though...
I started as an NBC Page. The program has always been competitive but now it's another level. I remember going to the site, uploading my resume, and sending it to the Universe. I honestly forgot about it. A few months later got a phone call from their...
My father was a business owner. He owned two restaurants and he was also a car salesman. When I was in high school, I worked at the restaurant. I helped my mom and I understood everything she was doing. Some things I would point out, like, "Hey Mom, I think...
My name is Tamu Green and my company is Lux Pad Interiors. I started the firm in 2013, actually, but I just went full time for myself at the beginning of 2016. I've been in New York for four years. I worked at another design firm and then branched out on my own....
I started the Grillz and Granola Trap Aerobics because I have an anxiety disorder and I have a lot of panic attacks. Thank god I have an amazing team [at work]. They know that I’ll write on a sticky note when I’m about to have one and I’ll go dip out and then...
It’s a chilly, rainy day at a coffee shop in Greenwich village and the Colored Girl Campaign founders, Victory Jones and Tori Elizabeth, are laughing it up with a few fans of their latest photo campaign series, Rebirth. The rain kept a few people home...
Creating Beauty Atlas has been a dream of mine since my first trip overseas. After traveling throughout Europe and beyond nearly 10 years ago, I knew that I wanted to find a way to blend my passions for fashion and beauty and international studies....
I’m Brande Victorian from Toledo, Ohio and I’m 31 years old. I’ve been in New York City for 9 years now. Toledo is a small city, and a lot of people don’t leave. It’s very much the get married, get a good job type of place. I remember telling...