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Highly driven, adaptable and innately curious storyteller, multimedia journalist and interpersonal relationship builder.
Skilled communicator, creative problem-solver and innovative content creator with a passion for working in a high-pressure constantly evolving environment.
I've covered a variety of topics from health and beauty to technology and entrepreneurship. I love books, movies, music and people-watching.
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Issa Rae went from posting drunk freestyles on YouTube to being the first black woman to have her own show on HBO.
Having diabetes can suck. It can suck even more if you're a kid. Fortunately, those kids might have a new superhero. Continue Reading A 19-year-old college student is on a mission to help kids with diabetes. Meghan Sharkus founded ExpressionMed, which provides colorful, practical stickers to keep insulin delivery devices in place.
Instructors at a Missouri school are using art to teach students lessons with real-life impact.
Visual artist Willie Cole uses ordinary household objects and found items to challenge perception.
"I mean, I'm bald-headed, I have no hair and I have no tits," Shantise Sipho said.
Thanks to resources like The Clothing Closet, transgender people can find gender-affirming clothes without breaking the bank.
New legislation in Illinois could provide victims of domestic violence or sexual assault help in an unexpected place.
Toys that reflect real-life differences in skin color, hair, body type and more can help children feel more accepted, experts say.
Artist Ervin A. Johnson's mixed-media portrait series, #InHonor, is his response to police brutality and injustice.
Edwins, an upscale French restaurant in Cleveland, offers former inmates culinary and hospitality education and housing.
A health psychologist says you can eat anything as long as you eat it mindfully.
A Hillary Clinton presidency would mean an unprecedented level of women leadership worldwide.
Goats in California are helping to prevent wildfires by doing what they do best.
The Midnight Planetarium watch from Van Cleef & Arpels is a wearable solar system.
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Editor's note: Meet. Assess attraction. Court her. (Or him. Or them.) Confess feelings. Discuss monogamy. Marry, maybe. Make babies, if you want. In many ways, the mechanics of dating are universal, regardless of whether you're black, white, brown or "a colorless person," as Raven-Symone famously described herself to Oprah in a 2014 interview.
Black food and beverage professionals face a unique set of challenges while working in one of the most segregated cities in the country. Despite these obstacles, they work to provide more inclusive spaces and visibility for other rising chefs and bartenders of color.
Dating is complicated for any generation, but millennials must contend with the double-edged sword of technology. According to a Singles in America study from Match.com, 22 percent of millennials are more likely to feel that tech has made finding love harder.
On a mild Sunday last May, I walked into a room filled with black and brown faces. Women with shea butter-kissed skin and tresses ranging from afros to twists to braids to locs perched on yoga mats, some stretching, others sitting serenely, looking around the room in anticipation.
For many people, art can conjure visions of times past. But for one artist, art is like a personal time capsule - a way to preserve elements of her life she's at risk of losing. Caroline Liu was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the spring of 2012, the year of the moths.
Rapper. Actor. Executive producer. From Broadway to TV to the silver screen, modern-day Renaissance man Daveed Diggs basically does it all. You may recognize him from his Tony Award-winning performances as Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," or his appearances on "The Get Down," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" or "Black-ish."
For Women's History Month, we're highlighting women across different fields and recognizing their contributions to the advancement of women and achievement of equality.
April 25, 2016 From the size and shape of her nose to her skin tone and cheekbones, rapper Lil' Kim's appearance has changed drastically over the years.
Can home improvement really be as glamorous as it appears on the small screen?
Call him Chicago's creative Clark Kent - Web developer and writer by day, comedian by night. Now add viral Internet sensation to that list.
October brings telltale signs of fall - cinnamon-sugared apple cider doughnuts, trees adorned with red and copper leaves, pumpkin-flavored everything.
If you thought corsets went out of style at the start of the 20th century, think again.
This map highlights placemaking locations in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago.
When Ez Karpf went shopping for a gift for his friends' children, he thought it would be easy to find a toy set that represented their multiracial family.
Welcome to "Threesome." Each week, we'll take a look at a relationship question from the public and have three panelists give their insights. Have a question to ask? Shoot it over to us on Twitter at @redeyechicago or on our Facebook page.
Although the summer is winding down, many Chicagoans are still loading up their beach bags with sunscreen and flip flops to enjoy a day of surf and sand.
By Demetria Mosley, Dylan Fahoome and Sadé Carpenter
Spring is on its way - Say yay, Chicago! - so it's time to call off the search for that long-lost glove and focus on keeping track of your umbrella. Fortunately for the absentminded and too-often wet, Davek Accessories has an umbrella and an app for that.
If laughter is the best medicine, then the business world might just need a stronger dose. So said The Second City's Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton at the 'Yes, And' Blue Sky Live event Wednesday night at Virgin Hotels Chicago.
We won't see flying cars in 2015. But we'll continue to see advancements in health care technology, wearables, smartphones and more. A panel of four tech-industry leaders gathered at Google Chicago on Thursday night to discuss trends, new gadgets and the 2015 tech horizon.
Welcome to "Threesome." Each week, we'll take a look at a relationship question from the public and have three panelists give their insights. Have a question to ask? Shoot it over to us on Twitter at @redeyechicago or on our Facebook page.
Edith Flanigen, a chemist at Des Plaines-based Honeywell UOP, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. President Obama recognized Flanigen for her contributions in science and technology. She was among eight recipients of the award.
Yes, Deloitte Global Chief Innovation Officer John Levis said. Innovation can be taught. "What you can do is teach methodologies for looking at problems differently," Levis said. "You can teach people how to lead through innovation and create areas and avenues and environments and settings where innovation can thrive.
Now is a great time to be a clean-energy entrepreneur, says clean-tech private equity investor Rob Day. "I firmly believe that we are on the cusp of this next wave of entrepreneurship," Day, a partner at Boston-based Black Coral Capital, said Monday at the first Illinois Clean Energy Fund Awards.
With the emergence of cupcakes as a mega-trendy dessert in recent years, cupcake shops and food trucks have become a dime a dozen in Chicago. Whether you prefer your sweets from Sprinkles or Swirlz, a tasty cupcake is easy to come by. Although the competition is fierce, one small business owner is making her mark with a boozy new twist on the old classic – cocktail cupcakes.
Second City alumna Tina Fey hosted the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) last Saturday, now in its 39th season. As she introduced the six new cast members, it was hard not to notice one detail - all of them are white, and only one is female.
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Ride along with Blue Sky Innovation on Wednesday as we live-blogged the new Fund Conference, bringing together startups and investors to talk funding. Speakers included Howard Tullman, Todd Connor, Kristi Ross, Desiree Vargas Wrigely and more.
West Loop Parking Problems The city is enforcing a parking ban by ticketing and towing cars in the West Loop, but the ban was actually lifted in December, CBS 2 reports.
Social-media expert Paul Rand, Katy Lynch and Mana Ionescu discuss 'How to Boost Your Social Marketing Strategy' at a Blue Sky Innovation event at 1871.