• Alysa Jackson: #GenYBG’s Personal Fitness Trainer

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    …and she’s a nutrition specialist too. I met Alysa at a natural hair show in Savannah last year. We both attended as vendors. As usual, I can never just sell, I have to shop as well. So I snooped over to her booth for some snacks, and bruh! Whoever knew that…

  • Chrisnatha Derosier: #GenYBG’s Relationship Advocate

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    Chrisnatha and I have been Facebook friends for a while now. Having beaucoup virtual friends (as most of us do), I really began paying attention to her after learning that she was to be a guest speaker on a cruise to Mexico and Belize. I was immediately captivated by both…

  • Shani Curry-St.Vil: #GenYBG’s Personal Finance Expert

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    Shani and I met through a mutual friend. We’d both released our first books around the same time and our friend suggested that we connect. We did. In doing so, we agreed to do a book swap. Note: for years on top of years, I’d been trying to find a…

  • Tieshena Davis: #GenYBG’s Publisher and Business Consultant

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    Tieshena and I met not long ago through a mutual friend. What I particularly love about Tieshena is that she is so full of knowledge that it bubbles over. She’s direct and never leaves you wondering what she meant. She’s so business savvy that she’ll have you correcting your posture…

  • Nichelle Calhoun: #GenYBG’s ESL Instructor

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    I met Nichelle at the Black Writer’s Reunion and Conference in Ft. Lauderdale two years ago. We connected during the retreat, which was reserved for the last few days of the conference. Though there were a number of us in attendance, Nichelle and I stayed up until the infant hours of the…