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Shontay Lundy created Black Girl Sunscreen, a 30 SPF lotion infused with natural ingredients and formulated for women of color. Made with melanated skin in mind, BGS dries completely clear and protects melanin without the white-cast. In today’s Creativity Chat, Shontay talks about: the importanc ...

Jef Afonso is the Senior Vice President of Systems and Technology at an Atlanta-based fintech company. In this episode, he talks about what to look for in a mentor, bonding with your team outside of the workplace, learning from everyone around you, empathizing with others, the importance of prep ...

Cameron Harris started Breaking the Shackles, a non-profit that brings awareness to modern day sex slavery, in high school. Today, we talk about how the idea began, throwing annual benefit concerts, taking the non-profit to the University of Georgia, and hopes for the future.  Breaking the ...

JaQwan J. Kelly is an actor, writer and producer known for his work Hulu's WuTang: An American Saga, Steven Spielberg's The Post and Blue Bloods. A Harlem native, his acting journey first began at the Harlem School of the Arts. He went on to obtain his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance ...

Ashley Akerson is based in Jackson, Tennessee, where she founded Ashley Nicole Pottery. Today we talk about the importance of slowing down, the ceramics community, starting without feeling ready, beginning seasonal collections, and using art as therapy. You can buy Ashley's pottery here: http:/ ...

Topaz Adizes founded "The Skin Deep", a creative studio that has been exploring and reflecting the emotional experience of human life as it rapidly and dramatically shifts in the digital age since 2014. Through the interactive documentary project {THE AND}, an Emmy award-winning interactive docu ...

McGee Nall enjoys writing for fun and for work. She is enthusiastic about journaling and knows how to write for a myriad of genres. We chat about the ending of Peter Pan being the launchpad for her writing career, the importance of being kind to the things you made when you were younger, and an ...

Alyssa Gant-Black is the founder of YaYa Books, an online bookstore featuring literature written by Black authors and books that speak to the Black experience. Today we chat about: continuing a parent's dream, growing as a collective, amplifying black voices, the importance of mentorship, and st ...

Alyssa Gent-Black is the founder of YaYa Books, an online bookstore featuring literature written by Black authors and books that speak to the Black experience. Today we chat about: continuing a parent's dream, growing as a collective, amplifying black voices, the importance of mentorship, and st ...