Fitness expert and celebrity trainer Holly Del Rosso learned a lesson in resilience very early in her childhood, when her mom left their family when Holly was 12 years old, and she and her brother went to live with her Italian great aunt, who showed her what it was to...
April McKoy Robinson’s success story as principal and founder of the award-winning UA Gateway School of Technology high school in New York City is an unlikely one. As an immigrant from Jamaica, April’s time in school once she came to America heavily influenced her....
I almost didn’t make it. It’s an annual trip my girls – my best friends from my college days at Hampton University – and I take to Martha’s Vineyard each August for the past 3 years. But this summer, I was going to skip it. Why? Because I...
At 40, as a mom and a longtime executive in digital publishing, Djenaba Johnson-Jones became very interested in fitness, going especially hard with lifting weights and “working out with the guys.” This new passion led her to get her fitness certification...
Moshay Laren’s start in radio was no fantasy. In fact, before her first time on the mic, she had to run to the bathroom she was so sick with nervousness. But what she didn’t do was back down from the challenge–and she never has. After her 18 years in...
