Tag: people profile
Carmen Capo-Lugo Named Winner of UAB’s Odessa Woolfolk Award
By Linda Gunter
UAB News
During the pandemic, Carmen Capó-Lugo championed an effort to bring fresh food and produce to the residents of Norwood, the north...
How Birmingham’s Cody D. Short Found a Home at WBHM 90.3...
By Chianti C. Cleggett
For The Birmingham Times
As the local government and community reporter for WBHM 90.3 FM Birmingham, and a native daughter of the...
Delicia Mason: The Passion of a Chief Nursing Officer at Children’s...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
While attending Auburn University in Montgomery (AUM), Delicia Mason did her clinicals at Children’s of Alabama and knew that...
Kevin Peterson Found Success on YouTube, Before Many Knew What It...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
With nearly 300,000 followers on YouTube, Birmingham’s Kevin Peterson has amassed an audience that sees him as an actually nice...
How Engineer Arthur Williams Builds Birmingham Teens for Success
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
On a crisp Saturday morning in the Smithfield community, Arthur Williams is leading a class in an abandoned building. Williams...
How Nonhlanla Jones Makes Bee Harvesting Sweet as Honey
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
While working for a Birmingham non-profit Nonhlanla Mamkhize Jones noticed the organization had a beehive that no one knew...
Global Scholar Samantha Williams and the Birmingham Promise
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Samantha Williams knows a little something about what educational opportunities can mean in the life of a student – hers...
Erneshya Ray: Hand-Crafted Jewelry and Timeless Gemstones
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When a friend encouraged her to purchase some gemstones at a retail store in Birmingham and wrap the stone...
Shaunta Austin Basks in Glow of Her Natural Candle Business
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Shaunta Austin purchased candles from a large retail store chain and would watch soot, a substance consisting chiefly of...
Samford University Grad Isaiah Gresham Gives Back to His Alma Mater
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Few believed in Isaiah Gresham, a Birmingham-raised financial services professional, who grew up in the South Hampton Apartments of Birmingham’s...