A friend once told me, “There is no crystal staircase for Black women.” Nse was right and I have found this to be especially true for...

1969. That’s that year I emigrated from Egypt to the United States. I married my husband in 1970, and we are blessed with three grown...

I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. And I didn’t have to: my parents had already decided for me. I often joke that, in my...

The Black Millennial Political Convention was an idea created by the Vice Mayor of Charlottesville, Dr. Wes Bellamy who is a good friend...

From the time I was very young, I knew I wanted to sing on stage. I never remember a time when I didn’t sing and I was never afraid to...