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Arts & Entertainment |
Kwame Jackson Polished, confident and credentialed with prestigious Wall Street experience |
Multi-Media Mix Music for your soul, jazz, r & b, classical and all. Women on the big screen..Creativity |
Lady CEOs On The Move |
Wilma McNabb Executive Director of the Donovan McNabb Foundation & President of PFPM Association |
During my senior year of high school in 1996, I began to feel pain and pressure in my right ear drum when I drank, swallowed, or chewed anything. Sometimes the pain would be severe other times the pain would be tolerable. My mother and father would sometimes see me clamp my hands over my ears in the mornings when I would drink or eat during breakfast. I even complained to them about a little bump felt deep inside the skin behind my right ear lobe. I was always given the same diagnosis "you have a wax build-up" or "your lymph nodes and glands are swollen. |
On a trip to visit my brother during the summer of my junior year of college (year 2001), I complained to him about a sore throat, and a running nose, he set up an appointment for me to see an ear, nose and throat doctor in the area. During the examination he pressed down in the area and I almost jumped out of the chair from the excruciating pain. He told the nurse that he wanted to have a biopsy done and we scheduled it for the following day. |
I was so nervous about the biopsy. A few days later we received the results, this day would change my life forever, and the doctor told me I had cancer. My mother and I arrived at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida in June at 10:00a.m. I went through a series of tests, and MRI's, anxiously waiting for a second opinion on my biopsy results, I was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, I was scared, but I have a strong family support system. |
On July 9, 2001 I had the tumor removed and started a month and a half of radiation treatment, it was in my last year at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University it was challenging time. I was not ready for the side effects of the radiation treatments such as hair loss, darkening of the skin, burns, and weight loss, but my family helped me through. So I picked my head up, regained my inner strength, and I finished my last treatment on the 13th of September at 5:00 p.m, and walked out of the hospital ready to begin a new chapter in my life. Having been the youngest patient there to be treated for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, I truly felt blessed. Not because I was going home, but because I made it through a life changing experience which enabled me to have a new lease on life. In November, I returned to school and I graduated with my Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration in 2003. I had a son in April of 2005 and I went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2006. Today, I have been in remission from cancer for 8 years, I'm currently pursuing a career in real estate and always thanking and praising god for all his glory, because with him, his love and my family all things are possible. |
Women In Politics |
Angela Braly, CEO WellPoint Angela burst through the glass ceiling to become the CEO of the nation's largest Medicare-claims health-benefits business. |
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison In 1993, she was elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election, making her the first and only woman elected to represent Texas in the Senate. |
Jada Collins, CEO/ Model EBONY Fashion Fair Model and Spokesperson current CEO and Author of Be-You. By the age of eight, Jada hated her life and had thoughts of running away. |
CEO On The Cover |
The Chocolate Nutcracker Multicultural Interpretation of the traditional theatrical dance production of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker |
Changing Jobs? What To Do With Your 401(k) Plan If you are going to work for a new company, you can roll your money to your new employer. |
Decor Le'Home |
Arts & Entertainment |
Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi Graduated from the University of Central Florida with her BS in Electrical Engineering, she completed her 5th season with the Orlando Magic in 2009. |
Success by Design |
Women & Money |
Lady CEOs On The Move |
Culture of Fashion |
Linda Scott, CEO LS1426, Inc. In 1993, she was elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election, making her the first and only woman elected to represent Texas in the Senate. |
Healthy Living |
Want to be healthy and live longer? Take cues from Japan Japan has the lowest obesity rate in the developed world. The good health and long life expectancy of the Japanese is due to their diet. |
Stylish, Sustainable Fall Designs When you think of the colors associated with fall, green doesn't necessarily come to mind, stylish, eco-friendly design elements. |
Admirable Mike Mullen Sworn in as the 17th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 2007. He serves as the principal military advisor to the president, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council |
Honoring Our Veterans |