Yinde NewBy
managing editor
Yinde Newby is an alumna of Hampton University where she majored in Journalism & Communications, with a minor in English on the pre-law track. She is a middle school English teacher, published author, founder of S.I.S. a non-profit organization, for under privileged brown girls, and loves to pour into those around her. She believes that mass incarceration has taken over the Black race and she plans to change that by eventually becoming a district attorney. There’s no limit to the work she wants to do, and she believes that she’s living out her purpose according to God’s plan — she won’t stop until she knows she has touched or changed someone’s life. She says “Writing is what I do and who I am! It keeps me sane and relatable. I have things to share, stuff to speak on, testimonies to tell and I do that with my writing. I just want to elevate and uplift the most slept on race.”
Kamari Pless
contributing EDitor
AZIAH KAMARI IS AN ATLANTA/DMV NATIVE. THE RECENT GRADUATE OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED HER DEGREE IN ENGLISH: EDITING WRITING AND MEDIA AND IS THE “GIRL TALK” EDITOR AND BOOK CLUB MEDIATOR FOR THE GOOD GIRL MOVEMENT.
SOME OF HER PREVIOUS ROLES INCLUDE ASSISTANT FASHION EDITOR FOR ATLANTA FASHION WEEK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER FOR LA- BASED SERIESS MAGAZINE AND CONTENT CREATOR FOR THE JERSEY BASED ONLINE RADIO STATION, FM HIP HOP.
KAMARI HAS A PASSION FOR VERSATILITY AND INCORPORATES HER INTERESTS IN FASHION, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT TO AID IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH BLACK CREATIVES.
HER GOAL IS TO OF SUPPORT, UPLIFT AND ENCOURAGE BLACK WOMEN SO THEY MAY GROW WITH AND CONFIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SHE HOPES TO EXPAND THIS COMMUNITY WHILE BUILDING HER CAREER IN LOS ANGELES.
victoria Daniels
Contributing editor
Since childhood, Victoria Daniels has been obsessed with words and how they reach, educate, heal and liberate those who absorb them. Her gift of gab, strong writing skills and ability to make it happen carried her through Hampton University, where she graduated in 2019 with a B.A in journalism with a minor in leadership studies. She’s now at the University of Maryland, College Park as a second year graduate student pursuing a master’s in journalism. She maintains her personal blog, inthewordsofvic.wordpress.com, and writes for a plethora of other publications. Victoria firmly believes in transparency in her writing to not only aid her personal healing, but be an inspiration to others. Prayerfully, you can catch her at Essence or Teen Vogue in a few years!
adalyn diaz
COntributing writer
Adalyn Diaz was born in Harlem, NY and Raised in Richmond, VA. Recently graduated with a degree in social sciences. a poet and writer in her free time. Currently writing a book to be published Called ‘From Root to Crown’. At this time she works in the Fin Tech world. A dream of hers through this work is to help bring social impact by helping underserved communities learn financial literacy and build wealth. Raised mainly by women It inspires her to help women grow and glow in all their light. diaz favorite thing to do is travel and her favorite color is yellow. quote of all time is “what would someone who loved themselves do?” It’s almost a universal cheat code for intuition. Lastly she loves assisting others in accessing their intuition and riding themselves of energy blockages.
madison williams
Contributing writer
A resident of Dallas, Texas, Madison is a Sophomore Strategic Communications major attending Hampton University. She developed a love for reading at the tender age of 7, thanks to the efforts of her grandparents, which was a catalyst for her writing abilities. Her dream is to use her talent to produce award-winning films that spark conversation and foster change in the world. In addition to writing, Madison enjoys watching and playing basketball, experimenting with makeup, roller skating, and analyzing great films. She is also a board-certified Pharmacy Technician, a job that comes in handy when she needs to purchase books for the semester. Madison loves to use writing as her creative outlet, and she looks forward to working with the Good Girl Movement.
racquelle bradley
Contributing writer
Racquelle Bradley is a Liberty University Alumna with a master's in human services counseling. Racquelle was born on an army base in Germany but raised in Virginia and believes this is where she found her love for traveling. Even when she is traveling, she is writing. Racquelle has been writing since before she could remember and has kept several journals throughout the years. Racquelle has maintained a personal blog for a few years now and calls herself a toddler to the blog world. She has not only found herself through writing, but she hopes that her words provide healing and understanding to those that read her art. Putting her words out for the world to see has been a challenge for her but she hopes to continue to do so. Racquelle hopes to continue her education to obtain her MSW to provide more assistance to at risk youth throughout the nation. One day she hopes to publish her writings but today she hopes to impact readers through her several platforms.
Nala Washington
Contributing Writer
Nala Washington is a freshman at Susquehanna University majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in psychology. As a child, reading and expanding her vocabulary was always a must. Upon reaching her high school years, working with poetry and spoken word among many other art forms is what helped her realize that “art heals the wounds inflicted by reason”. Knowing this, she wanted to use the arts she has been blessed with to reach inside someone else. She touches on many subjects that are relatable and always says “I believe a writer’s biggest weapon is honesty”. After graduating, she hopes to be writing for someone, somewhere, a book published of her poems, and whatever path God leads her too. Among this, she also plays trombone, sings at her church, and dances. When she is not doing all this, she’s indulging in a good meal or a good show. She is very excited to be a part of the Good Girl Movement team as a Girl Talk writer influencing those around her and uplifting women whose skin looks like hers.
Ashley Short
Contributing Writer
Ashley was born underwater with 3 dollars and six dimes. sang gospel, Motown and hip-hop lyrics before she mastered "proper" speech. She wrote her first article in 3rd grade, performed at her first poetry slam in the 11th grade, wrote her first published article for the Richmond Times-Dispatch at 18, and started her blog at 21. Through the art of story-telling, Ashley found freedom.
Ashley was born and raised in Richmond’s Southside community where she attended Richmond Preparatory Christian Academy until high school where she then attended Huguenot High school. As a student of James Madison University, she studied abroad in Accra, Ghana at the University of Ghana, taught at the Glona Academy in Accra, and later earned her B.A. in Cultural Communication and Africana Studies in 2018. She also resided as creative director and president of a modeling organization, co-organized an on-campus protest, received the 2016 JMU “Diversity Enhancement” award, and served as a campus diversity educator for a student population of 20,000 +. Ashley is just a Black girl from the South whose true calling has always been to empower Black women and women of the African diaspora to curate spaces where they can exist loudly.
She has helped the cultivation of black and brown culture and community for youth in resistant and intolerant spaces through advocacy, education, programming, and art. She attributes the foundation of her artistic yet revolutionary passion to the brilliance of Kimberle’ Crenshaw, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Brittney Cooper, Sonia Sanchez, Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Fannie Lou Hammer, and crunk feminism and womanism. She is energized by guiding young people to their higher selves by helping them speak their truth through story and art, whatever that may look like. Considered to be a “Jane of all trades” in which she is also a published makeup artist, a writing coach, digital curator, and brand ambassador for multiple businesses, Ashley will always be an artist at the very core of her essence.
After graduating from college, Ashley began her journey of finding meaningful work that didn’t just pay the bills but was a home for her career where she would be valued, that was aligned with her professional goals, and where supporting and mentoring underrepresented youth was prioritized. Eventually, in 2019, she would join the Art 180 team as a part-time program leader and later would become the full-time Youth Engagement Coordinator in that same year. With her not being a believer in “luck” or chance, she firmly believes that she was destined to do the work she does with this organization. She charges herself to help grow Art 180’s ongoing objectives and goals as well as being fully committed to curating change and healthy relationships with the Art 180 youth.
Tiffany Ellis
Contributing Writer
Tiffany Ellis says she’s a self proclaimed ‘good girl’ and feels its a pleasure to work with The Good Girl Movement! Her love for writing started when she was ten years old and it became a lifetime goal for her to become a published author. We’re excited to announce the completion of her first manuscript in June 2020 with plans to be published later this year!!!
Her first professional work consisted of two articles that appeared in the legal newspaper called the St. Louis Daily Record when she was only an intern with the St. Louis Internship Program during her Junior year of High School. Ellis went on to study at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in English. Her favorite course in college was Creative Writing because it allowed her to be creative and to create characters to live in the world inside her head. Currently she’s fully employed with the telecommunications company AT&T. In between work and writing she enjoys spending time with family, going to the movies, comedy shows, traveling and eating at different restaurants.
Through writing, she has discovered her purpose to encourage, empower, and enlighten women and some men too if they are willing to listen. She’s very passionate about women loving and respecting themselves in a world that does not always view us as the Queens that we are. She wants to make sure that all women know they are worthy and nobody can stop their shine. Currently her mission in writing is to promote self love, self care and self fulfillment in women of all ages.
Passionett Breedlove
Contributing Writer
As she walks in her journey of discovery, as everyone does, she’d like to stop more frequently than most. Even at twenty-two, everything still catches her eye like a child. Words are the key to her heart and dialog is the source of her healing. The matter you dissect, will affect the impact of fulfillment in your journey. Blessings & Healing.
Zaire Hagans-Jackson
Contributing Writer
Zaire Hagans-Jackson, is a Junior Strategic Communications Major, Entrepreneurship Minor from Newark, NJ, with plans of becoming a professional Creative Director in Fashion Activism and Media, Entrepreneur, and advocate of the law. Fun Fact: Her favorite fruits are mango and avocado, her least is by far banana!
Autumn Blake Wiley
Contributing Writer
“Make happiness a priority and be gentle with yourself in the process”. As women feeling unworthy or incompetent can feel like second nature. It’s so important to step away from the outliers that are making you feel this way and remember that you are put on this earth for a divine purpose, and your journey does not and will not align with those of others.
Wiley is a rising junior, psychology major, at the Illustrious Hampton University. Some of her other campus positions include Miss Junior Attendant, Vice President of the North Pre- Alumni Council, writer for The Good Girl Movement, and a member in the Greer Dawson Wilson Student Leadership Training Program. Upon graduation she plans to pursue her PHD in child psychology. Her life’s goal is to pave a way for black and brown boys and girls to not just be comfortable in their skin, but bask in it, embrace it, and wear it with pride and confidence.