Writer and editor.

Reaching for what I want and reminding you to do the same

 
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mines her personal experiences to tell authentic stories centered on Black womanhood and motherhood.

Through her work as a writer, advocate and speaker, she’s making room for generations of Black women, mothers and creatives to develop their passions to better themselves and society at large.

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Cover Story, Tracee Ellis Ross for CRWNMAG

As the managing editor and senior editorial writer for CRWNMAG, I interviewed actress and beauty founder Tracee Ellis Ross for the Beaty Bible issue. A few weeks after turning fifty, Tracee sat with me and shared her insights on determining our own definitions of beauty, lessons from playing Joan Clayton and her ten-year journey to launch Pattern Beauty.

 

100 Diverse Voices On Parenthood

As an editor and contributor of this collection of parent anecdotes, I interviewed dozens of caretakers about the very first year of parenthood as a guiding light for those in the trenches.

 
 

 

Q&A: Ashley Simpo on Co-mothering, Journaling and Goal Setting

I learned a lot about the way the divorce process is set up and how it very often fails families. Things like a child and spousal support can cause lifelong rifts between two people, and that’s most damaging to the children

 
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Brooklyn, New York