Tag: people profile
Maysa Mohmoud and Demetrius Smith: Paving the Road to Recovery
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
Two students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been accepted into the Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic Collegiate Recovery Leadership...
Lavon Beard: Ramsay High grad earned 3 master’s; respect in medical...
By Ameera Steward
For the Birmingham Times
A shoulder injury in high school led Lavon Beard, once a highly touted baseball player, to a career...
Kathy Boswell: Ready for The World Games 2021
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
The World Games 2021 is much-anticipated by many Birmingham-area residents but none more than Kathy Boswell, who was appointed in...
Shatysha Billingsley: A Taste of Birmingham’s Luxury Wine Business
By Jasmine Shaw
For the Birmingham Times
Shatysha “Tysh” Billingsley, owner of Finale, a luxury wine and dessert company, believes she was born to be a...
Amber Jones’s Brother, a Pro Athlete, Had Bad Credit Like Many....
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Through research, Amber Jones learned 64 percent of Americans have bad credit. Through personal experience, she knew her brother, a...
Kenya Russell: Creating the Right Mix for Creatives of Color
By Ameera Stewart
The Birmingham Times
Kenya Russell recognized a need for Birmingham’s creative community, so she came up with the right mix. Through research, she...
Randi Pink’s 31 days of ‘Rage Writing’ produced latest novel, ‘Girls...
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Birmingham author Randi Pink wrote her latest novel Girls Like Us in 31 days.
No, she wasn’t trying the...
The Education of Jay Johnson, Founder of College Prep U
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
What started as a way to help one of his church members through the college admissions process has turned into...
Larry Thornton: From $5 an hour to America’s Boardrooms
By Javacia Harris Bowser
Special to the Birmingham Times
Over the course of his life Larry Thornton has been the first African American to do several...
Fashion Designer Jeff Austin: From Darkness to Light
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Turning darkness into light has inspired fashion designer Jeff Austin both professionally and personally. The 23-year-old has dealt with depression—since...