Lena Waithe is a writer, producer and actress. She’s best known for her acting role on the Netflix series “Master of None”. She is also the creator of the Showtime series “The Chi”. Since Lena was a young girl, the Chicago native fed her desire to become a television writer. She carried this desire with her […]
Women's History Month
#TJFWHM18: Ava DuVernay, Blazing the Trail in Film
Ava DuVernay is a film director, producer and screenwriter. The 45-year-old Long Beach, California native was the first African-American woman to win the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. She was also the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award and for an […]
#TJFWHM18: Mary-Pat Hector, Community Organizer, Denny’s Ambassador & Spelman College Student
When most of us were Mary-Pat Hector’s age, our biggest priorities were studying and partying, and not necessarily in that order. But for Hector, one of her main priorities is eliminating food insecurity on her college campus and community. Late last year, Mary-Pat, some of her Spelman sisters and brothers from Morehouse College, began […]
#TJFWHM18 Monifa Bandele, Vice President of MomsRising.org
Monifa Bandele is Vice President of Momsrising.org, an online organization that works to empower and support women by increasing family economic security, ending discrimination and building a nation where businesses and families can prosper. Prior to her position at MomsRising, Banadele’s background includes policy analysis, communications, civic engagement organizing, and project management. She’s also […]
#TJFWHM18 Cynthia Arterbery, African American Principal
Cynthia Arterbery is a respected African American principal in Irving, Texas. Below are a few career highlights: First African American principal at Valley Ranch Elementary School in Irving, TX Cynthia Arterbery began in Coppell Independent School District in 2000 at Valley Ranch Elementary and is in her 18th year First African American principal at Kincaid Elementary […]
#TJFWHM18 Shonda Rhimes Award-Winning Writer, Director and Producer
We know her from Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, but find out more about Shonda Rhimes’ career below: First African-American woman to create and executive produce a Top 10 network series, Grey’s Anatomy Created “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” How to Get Away with Murder,” and “Private Practice” Wrote film screenplays Crossroads, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and The […]