Dr. Michelle Mickle Foster has been the President and CEO of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, in West Virginia, since February 2016. Prior to this position, she served as the CEO of the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. (KISRA) for 17-1/2 years. She developed all of KISRA’s 13 major programs that are in the areas of Health, Employment, Asset Development and Learning. Michelle was born in Guyana, the oldest child of three….
Guyana’s Female Amateur Baseball Team recently competed in Halifax, Canada for the first 21U (21 and under) women’s invitational tournament. The tournament, which was hosted by Halifax and Team Nova Scotia, ran from August 4th to August 8th and included teams from different regions in Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia), and Guyana. Team Guyana was made of 15 players and 4 coaches. See Scoreboard HERE. Congratulations ladies, You Rock! This is the Team’s first time playing…
US-based Brenessa Thompson & Aaliyah Abrams will be representing Guyana at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. The Olympic games will run from August 5 to 11 and Brenessa and Aaliyah are the two female athletes who make up Guyana’s 4 member Track Team. Brenessa Thompson (born 22 July 1996) is a Guyanese-American sprinter who specializes in 100m and 200m. The Four-time All-American of Medgar Evers college is one of the most prolific sprinters in the…
Jamila Keizia Sanmoogan will be one of two, and the only female swimmer representing Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 19-year-old, who recently trained in Columbia on a swimming scholarship, is slated to compete in the Women’s 50m Freestyle event. In an interview the Guyana Chronicle, Jamila shared the following: “It felt as if my dreams finally came true, there were so many feelings, from excitement to happiness” she…
When Onica Blaize was crowned Mrs. Georgia America 2016, it was first time in the 40-year history of the pageant that a woman of Caribbean heritage, and only the third time that an African American woman had ever captured the title. On June 12th, 2016 this successful Entrepreneur, Life Coach and Public Health Advisor beat out several contestants and claimed the Mrs. Georgia America crown. She also won the Best Evening Gown and Most Physically…
Chosen By One: You Are The Best illustrates how to build your inner confidence, fulfill your purpose and live a life full of peace and joy. https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-One-You-Are-Best/dp/0615637760 Simone Harley: Secret Afflictions tells the story of a young successful attorney, Simone Harley, who appears to have a distinguishable and enviable life. However, many are not aware of her secret struggles with her tumultuous past and hidden afflictions. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/simone-harley-kimberly-a-bailey/1123862225?ean=9781630638948 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kimberly A. Bailey was born…
Kimberly A. Bailey is a published author and the founder of Chosen By One Media, LLC; a company dedicated to helping people to discover the power of their written words with confidence and creating innovative content for various media outlets around the world. Kimberly was born in Brooklyn, NY to Nigerian and Guyanese parents. Her father is from Lagos, Nigeria and served in the US navy. Her mother, a native of Berbice, was the youngest of…
Delece Smith-Barrow is a lifelong writer and journalism enthusiast. She is a higher education reporter at U.S. News & World Report, where she covers admissions challenges and student life issues for graduate students, as well as minorities in college and graduate school. She also edits stories on trends in online education and how to pay for an education. Prior to working as an education reporter, she worked as a producer, online editor and writer at…
Dr. Shaneer Reed received a scholarship to study medicine in Cuba and in 2012, at age 25, she returned to Guyana and began practicing family medicine at Charity Public Hospital on the Essequibo Coast. he however, aspires to become a pediatrician and shared the following with the the Guyana Chronicle. “I have a passion for children; and generally, in Guyana, there are not many pediatricians, and certainly on the Essequibo Coast there is a need…
When life knocks you down, get up and make milkshake! That’s the moral of the story for 10 innovative and resourceful women from the Essequibo Coast in Guyana. When business slowed down for these clothing vendor, they decided to form a group called “WDs Dairies” and came up with the idea to purchase 10 gallons of milk every week and use their expertise to produce milk shakes. The shakes come in four flavours: Strawberry, Peanut Punch, Whole Milk…