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17 Oct

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line

This Hampton University Grad Created An Inclusive Toy Line
Brooke Hart Jones didn’t know much about Hampton University when she applied for admission within the late 90s. She just knew that when her friend, also a prospective student, talked about his experience while on a tour there, he glowed. “Attending an HBCU, particularly Hampton was probably the most pivotal decisions I’ve made in life truthfully,” Hart Jones shared with Essence. “And I believe my story is pretty reflective of my friends’ who would say the identical. The experience just really affects every aspect of your life: academically, professionally, personally. I graduated over 20 years ago and I’m still friends with my classmates. The bond is different.” After graduating from Hampton University in 2002, she said she continued to lean...
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12 Oct

Meet Princess Isis Lang, The Dancer Who Created The

Meet Princess Isis Lang, The Dancer Who Created The
On April 20, 2020, Princess Isis Lang took a WOW Quiz. The interactive quiz company has a Magic 8 Ball fortune teller-style approach to answering questions on users’ lives. Lang was searching for a not-so-serious response for a one-word meaning behind her name. WOW’s answer? “Famous.”  Lang, 20, is currently a musical theater major on the University of Southern California (USC), and the creator of Cardinal Divas, the college’s first-ever majorette team. She  was a majorette at her Chicago highschool and didn’t need to let go of dance when she left home for school. Thomas Johnson Heading to USC wasn’t all the time a finite a part of Lang’s plan but she had a difficult time finding a faculty that will meet her...
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6 Oct

Puig Appoints Chief Communications Officer, A Newly Created Role

Puig Appoints Chief Communications Officer, A Newly Created Role
PARIS — Family-owned Spanish beauty and fashion company Puig has named Eugenia de la Torriente as its chief communications officer, a newly created position that became effective Oct. 1. De la Torriente is now accountable for the group’s internal and external communications, and reports to Marc Puig, Puig chairman and chief executive officer. De la Torriente was formerly managing editor of El País, where she oversaw the humanities, lifestyle and culture sections and supplements. Prior to that, she served as Vogue Spain and Harper Bazaar Spain’s editor in chief. De la Torriente penned “Puig, 100 Years of a Family Business,” which was published in 2014 by Assouline. “Eugenia brings 24 years of experience in journalism, image creation, storytelling, strategy and communication, in addition...
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8 Sep

The Son Of Black-Owned Grocery Store Brokerage Founders Created

The Son Of Black-Owned Grocery Store Brokerage Founders Created
Take a go searching the following time you’re at your local food market. Have you ever ever considered who’s behind ensuring those shelves are continually stocked? How the produce arrives perfectly ripe to your picking? Brandon Hill can answer that: his parents, and other people like them. For greater than 40 years, his mother and father worked within the grocery industry–each in the company sector and eventually as owners of their very own grocer brokerage–one in all the few Black founders to accomplish that. Like many others within the food distribution business, Hill’s parents experienced the ups and downs of the key economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely supply chain disruptions. Data shows that short supply may cause a 62%...
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