Women Empowered

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Why hasn’t anyone written in detail about you Fennella,” I asked. “Simone, I prefer to be

BY JANIECE CAMPBELL “One thing about me, I will never do something just to do it. Anything I do, there

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “You pretty for a dark-skin; what the f#@K does that mean?” There is a raspy-ness, to

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Karma is how I practice. Music is how I worship. Food is how I express it.”

BY SELINA McCALLUM As much as we may not realize it as a child, representation in the media plays a

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I fought my way into where I am today.” Traumatized by her own family as a

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I am a researcher. I looked for everything Caribbean. I need to find people like you.

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I would walk into my auditions with my infant son with me. I would feed him,

BY SELINA McCALLUM This empowering young woman comes from a family of many accomplishments that have impacted millions of people

BY SIMONE J. SMITH “My dad was an officer in Guyana, but he passed away when I was 6. I