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This Week We Feature Young Professional Shamahnea J. Simmons
By Ron O. D'Avilar
The ability to develop, organise and manage a business, along with its risks, in order to profit are the hallmarks of being an entrepreneur. Many get into business yet few can muster up the skills to master the art. Our Young Professional this week is Shamahnea J. Simmons. At just 17-year-old, she runs a thriving cosmetics business with its eyes set on the global stage.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Madison S. Blyden
By Ron O. D'Avilar
At just 18-years-old, this young influencer has made it her life’s mission to empower women and girls to overcome adversities. “My aim is to help young women find a sense of belonging, self-worth and comfort while interacting with others who may be going through the same or similar experiences,” she said. This week we feature Young Professional Madison S. Blyden.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Donte D. Hodge
By Ron O. D'Avilar
Whether we like it or not, design infiltrates every aspect of daily life. When it comes to garments, while Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren and Tom Ford are just a few male fashion designers who started out amid humble beginnings, growing into icons, brewing in the Virgin Islands is a little storm who may just have what it takes to reach the heights of global consumer fashion.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Cleodean A. Meyers
By Ron O. D’Avilar
A career mom and budding entrepreneur, this week’s Young Professional has built a life on fostering great business relationships with the people she met along her career path. Working in the financial sector can be very stressful at times, but for our Young Professional, assisting others to fulfill their dreams remains the best and most gratifying part of the job.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Zara A. Brown
By Ron O. D'Avilar
A refusal to fail is one of the hallmarks of this week’s Young Professional, even as she is an athlete in one of the oldest and most competitive sports. Track and Field requires athletes to demonstrate passion and high endurance for the sport but for Zara A. Brown, a Virgin Islands (VI) based athlete, sports is not just a passion but a lifestyle.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kaleel A. Donovan
By Ron O. D’Avilar
In this competitive world of graphic designing, it takes more than just talent, new devices, smart apps and social sharing to reap success. Our Young Professional is bearing this in mind as he designs his path towards achieving his goals as a Graphic Designer and Entrepreneur.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Shari’a M. Romney
By Chassidy M. Leonard
This week’s Young Professional, Shari’a M. Romney, enjoys catering to the needs of livestock as she works as an Agricultural Trainee for the Department of Agriculture. In her spare time she engages in the sport of martial arts.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Cortez Forbes
By Chassidy M. Leonard
Cortez Forbes, fondly referred to as 'TC', is the Managing Director of Rufred Forbes and Associates (RFA); a business started over 40 years ago by his father. It was just 14 years ago that Cortez started as a helper and a runner to his father’s construction company. Today, he is ‘the boss’, along with his highly skilled and abundantly experienced father.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Susanna V.R. Ophelia
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder and should always go more than skin deep. However, those of us that need some help with our outer glow would greatly appreciate our Young Professional this week.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Terrel A. Donovan
While he has no doubt having role models are important, this week’s featured Young Professional also knows it is equally important for one to be unique while seeking to carve out his or her own path to success.