“Never take no for an answer.” It’s a piece of advice Whitney English swears by, and she’s living proof that the squeaky wheel does get the oil. Growing up in Tucson, Ariz., Whitney spent many days admiring the hosts of “E! News”, imagining the day that she, too, would hold the microphone in front of millions…
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Stephanie Humphrey
As a nationally recognized tech-life expert, Stephanie Humphrey can be found weekly on local TV or Ebony.com, breaking down technology for the average person. She’s also busy with various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) speaking engagements, voiceover work and on-camera gigs. Stephanie’s tech career began outside of the public eye years earlier. She earned…
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Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Try this on for an assignment: Write down how many times you look in the mirror each day. Whether you’re brushing your teeth, touching up your makeup or catching a glance in a window as you walk by, jot it down. It could change your life. It did for Autumn Whitefield-Madrano. A journalist who previously…
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Gigi Griffis
What do you get when you combine a love of travel, a passion for writing and an entrepreneurial spirit? Content strategist Gigi Griffis. Wanting to be a writer since she was little, Gigi's dream came to life after working as a copywriter at an ad agency and realizing that a great piece of content needed…
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Elise Loehnen
After picking up her first magazine, Elise Loehnen knew exactly what she wanted to do for a living. She often passed the days in her small Montana town by cutting out the pages of her favorite magazines and creating collages — especially with the well-known Neiman Marcus ads. But after graduating from Yale and realizing it…
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LC Johnson
As a women’s studies major, LC Johnson studied the prejudices and inequalities many women — especially women of color — face in the workplace. Still, for most of her undergraduate studies, LC couldn't bring herself to claim the title of feminist. Today, there's no doubt LC is an advocate for women and a force of…
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Vittoria Woodill
Vittoria Woodill lives and breathes fashion on a budget for her lifestyle confidence blog, Polished for Pennies (P4P). Since September 2011, Vittoria has been documenting her fabulous finds, inspiration and resourcefulness through video and blog posts with themed months and photo shoots — what she describes as “tips and tricks to looking, feeling and living like a…
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Stephanie Cross
Social media has become such an ubiquitous part of life, it's easy to forget how relatively new it is. Case in point: when Stephanie Cross started her marketing career, there was no such thing as "social media marketing strategy." Yet today, she's managing the online marketing strategy for a designed set of Starwood Hotels and…
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Danny Johnson
Danny Johnson's path to fitness guru status started with a paralyzing illness. Unable to walk after contracting E. coli while working as an acrobat at Sea World, Danny committed herself to hours of self-rehabilition in the gym. And what began as recovery evolved into a career the moment she decided to complete her certification —…
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Danielle Ford
A new mother at the age of 17, Danielle Ford was no stranger to the social stigma that can accompany teen parenthood. But Danielle didn’t let that stop her and enrolled in beauty school during her first pregnancy (she’s now a single mother of two). Beauty school led to a career as a self-employed esthetician…