February 2026
Rooted from the Ground Up
Dr. April Brown will tell you that her journey into mental health wasn’t just academic. It was personal. Raised in a small, impoverished town in Mississippi, she grew up surrounded by what researchers now call adverse childhood experiences, witnessing violence, navigating poverty, and weathering the kind of family strife that leaves marks long after childhood […]
Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Founders of Wives and Wine
Pretty and Black Owned is a celebration of brilliance, beauty, and bold business moves. This series spotlights Black women who are building powerful brands, creating impact, and owning their lane with confidence and purpose. From passion to profit, these women represent what it looks like to lead, thrive, and win. Wives and Wine is a […]
She’s Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Niesha Ray
Pretty and Black Owned is a celebration of brilliance, beauty, and bold business moves. This series spotlights Black women who are building powerful brands, creating impact, and owning their lane with confidence and purpose. From passion to profit, these women represent what it looks like to lead, thrive, and win. Meet Niesha: Niesha Marie Ray […]
She’s Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Chavalia Dunlap – Mwamba
Pretty and Black Owned is a celebration of brilliance, beauty, and bold business moves. This series spotlights Black women who are building powerful brands, creating impact, and owning their lane with confidence and purpose. From passion to profit, these women represent what it looks like to lead, thrive, and win. Chavalia Dunlap-Mwamba is the founder […]
Where Healing Meets Purpose
FROM SURVIVAL TO SERVICE Terrilynn T. Smith didn’t choose mental health…… it chose her. Born from personal trauma, lack of support, and the painful realization that she had become everyone else’s everything while losing herself in the process, her path to becoming a mental health professional wasn’t paved with privilege or perfect circumstances. It was […]
Pivot for Greatness
Twenty-seven years ago, Lorice Parker made a decision that would alter the trajectory of not only her life but the lives of countless others. Fresh out of undergraduate school with a degree in English and a minor in psychology, she had dreams of becoming a writer. Yet somehow, almost inexplicably, she found herself applying to […]
She’s Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Jalia Pettis
Pretty and Black Owned is a celebration of brilliance, beauty, and bold business moves. This series spotlights Black women who are building powerful brands, creating impact, and owning their lane with confidence and purpose. From passion to profit, these women represent what it looks like to lead, thrive, and win. Founded by Visionary, Jalia Pettis, 3Jay Productions is […]
She’s Pretty and Black Owned: Meet Felicia Bennett
Pretty and Black Owned is a celebration of brilliance, beauty, and bold business moves. This series spotlights Black women who are building powerful brands, creating impact, and owning their lane with confidence and purpose. From passion to profit, these women represent what it looks like to lead, thrive, and win. Felicia Bennett is a creative […]