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Paulina Johnson’s journey to success was not easy. She survived a traumatic childhood growing up with parents who abused drugs, became a mother at 16, and overcame personal hardships while raising her family. Now she is an account manager at the world’s leading integrated steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal USA. She manages the General Motors…

Only divine Black girl magic explains how Chanté Adams is shining in her first film role, fresh out of college. The LA-based Detroit native is the star of Netflix’s “Roxanne Roxanne,” a biopic about the seminal femcee Roxanne Shante. Hip-hop fans get to indulge in the genre’s golden era and learn why the fierce battle rapper dropped…

Innovative natural hair care brand Naturalicious is headed to the shelves of Sally Beauty Supply. Sally Beauty is the largest retailer of professional beauty supplies in the world. Naturalicious’ entire hair care product line is both natural and gentle while saving consumers up to 80 percent of the average time it takes to wash and style their hair. According…

Dr. Jackie Walters is more than an inspirational media personality on BravoTV’s reality series “Married to Medicine.” She’s an Atlanta based practicing OBGYN and has been practicing for over 23 years. She’s known around Atlanta as being the go-to OBGYN for a lot of celebrity parents and part of her #BlackGirlMagic is bringing healthy babies into…

As shown by the recent nationwide school walkouts, our youth aren’t waiting for change, they’re making it happen. Nya Simoné is a 13-year-old aspiring musician who has created a space to highlight the artistic talent of her peers. On March 18, she is hosting the inaugural “Make US Known: We Lit!” concert and showcase for…

Kacie Alexis is a model and activist. Born in Miami, raised in Phoenix and living between Los Angeles and New York City for the past decade, she is a mover and shaker who directs her ambitious ways toward helping the community and standing up for what she believes in. Rolling out spoke with the striking…

Dr. Tara Rawls Jenkins considers herself to be a chief encouragement officer. This phenomenal woman is also a national conference speaker, convener, and a faith leader. Jenkins creatively communicates God’s word by often infusing spoken word, music and dance, and secular cultural references to explain scriptural principles. Jenkins, who happens to be married to the…

Innovation. Moxie. Persistence … These are traits Dr. Lisa Wicker embodies. The internationally recognized thought leader and career strategist is a conduit for change and progress. She is also an entrepreneur, author, speaker, wife, mother and friend. With her dynamic approach to life and signature style, she connects people across the world, fulfilling her mission…

Brandi Maxiell wants to break the stereotype of her image on reality TV. Her feisty personality on “Basketball Wives L.A.” made her a standout, but above all, she’s a business owner and entrepreneur with intrinsic goals in mind. She opened up about her purposeful start in beauty, her bout with ovarian cancer, “Basketball Wives L.A.,”…

Makeba Dixon-Hill’s love for museums started at a very young age when she would visit the High Museum of Fine Art and have lunch on the lawn with her mother on a monthly basis. She recalls these early experiences as being amazing. “I was spending time with one of my favorite people, surrounded by art…

Music has always been an outlet for Calesha “Bre-Z” Murray, for as far back as she can remember. Beginning in high school, when she borrowed her brother’s rap book to rhyme with, to competing and winning in talent shows, she knew music was it for her. What she didn’t know at the time was that…

“I was honored to do the live Oscars coverage for BBC World News. When I first received the phone call about joining as a special commentator, I questioned for a moment if I was the best person for this opportunity. Whether I was or not, the fact is that it was being presented to me.…

Jessica Mosley is the CEO of J. Mosley Publishing and MizCEO magazine with a superpower in public relations. Mosley is fierce, fabulous and focused. From her career as a well-known media contributor for outlets such as Huffington Post, Sheen Magazine and Forbes, Mosley is often the go-to person for all things PR. Her clients have…

Sherikia L. Hawkins is making history as the first African American city clerk of Southfield, Michigan. Known as “the center of it all,” Southfield is a suburb outside of Detroit of which 75 percent of the population is African American. Driven by an innate desire to excite her community about civic engagement, Hawkins has worked in…

Melody Vaughn is the founder of Melody Vaughn Interiors, a full scale design firm born from a need to create spaces that heal. In addition to being an interior designer, she’s also an experienced kitchen and bathroom designer, renovation specialist, art consultant and writer. Her work has appeared in New York Times, New York Post, Domino Magazine,…

Tina Knowles-Lawson is currently living her best life at 64. Recently, she was one of the phenomenal featured speakers at the 2018 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, which was held in Orlando, FL over the past week. She had an open and honest fire-side chat discussion with the lovely Caroline Clarke, the editorial director…

California native and independent artist Paloma Ford is all about making music her own way. In just a short amount of time, she’s already racked up major industry-cred as she’s worked with some notable artists, starting right out of high school with Macy Gray. She collaborated with Meek Mill on the hot single “I Don’t…

Chantel Kelli is a veteran in the game of writing. As a child, she wrote at a feverish pace through numerous opportunities in her hometown of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She never turned down an opportunity to put her pen to use, which led to her journey at The Shade Room. As one of the original members…

Even before she became a best-selling author, Tenita “Bestseller” Johnson spoke her moniker into existence. As the founder and CEO of So It Is Written LLC, Johnson helps position writers for success in the literary world and beyond. Hundreds of best-selling authors worldwide write better thanks to the Detroit-based editorial guru and “authorpreneur.” Dubbed the editor’s…

Caroline Clarke, an award-winning journalist, is the editorial director of the Women of Power Summit at Black Enterprise, and she currently hosts the “Women of Power TV” show. She’s a writer whose experience spans print, digital and television. At Black Enterprise, she has served in a number of key roles including general manager, interactive media;…