RareMaven: The Podcast

Jendayi Jackson is the CEO & Founder of Jendayi Asha Creative & Honey Social Co. Her work includes photography, brand strategy & design for businesses and brands. From the corporate world to a complete boss, Jendayi creates signature content for her clients that’s beautiful, polished and purposeful. Her brand Honey Social Co. provides stock imagery primarily for black women owned brands, that she says gives, “honey, brown sugar and cinnamon for the soul.” Jendayi encourages spiritual grounding & her love for the arts & culture fill her with constant inspiration to keep creating & empower the masses.

Elizabeth A. Strickland, M.A. is a speaker, business coach and CEO & Founder of a non-profit 501c(3) organization, Women Anointed to Lead in the Kingdom, also known as W.A.L.K., Inc. Hailing from Chicago, IL, Elizabeth is determined to walk in purpose and pursue her passions. Elizabeth specializes in teaching women how to discover their purpose by taking a strategic Christ-centered approach. She is passionate about the leadership development of women in various leadership capacities and enjoys working with emerging female leaders.

Koereyelle is a former educator who managed to turn her $32K teaching salary into a six-figure brand. She’s the Founder of WERK University – the First Black-Woman-Owned trade school for women of color. It’s program shows students how to start a new stream using their existing skills. At Werk University the mission is to connect women of color with the resources they need so they can save themselves, stop living paycheck to paycheck and make impact on the world.

Ferriss Mason is the Founder and CEO of Come Up Markets aka Come Up LA. Come Up LA is a monthly marketplace for focused on local Black owned brands, businesses, creatives and entrepreneurs. The collective goal of Come Up Markets is to harness our shared spending power and work communally to achieve this. Doing so in a supportive and organized fashion so as to affect and effect change and create active socio-economic transformation, while working towards creating generational wealth within our community.

Allison Retina Stewart is a creative entrepreneur, Parsons School of Design honor Alumni and New York City transplant from Houston, Texas; currently working in Media. Her background includes Creative Direction, Branding, and Visual Content Development for elite media and sports brands including Nike, Jordan, NBA, Refinery29, Fightball, and Glossier amongst others. Allison founded Free Juice as a platform for like-minded individuals, who are established or aspiring entrepreneurs, to connect and share ideas and resources. Her goal is to create a space that facilitates building a strong, diverse network in conjunction with providing knowledge on building an independent business.

Tiffany Drysdale-Lombardo is the founder and CEO of Knotty NYC, a luxury mobile beauty bar based in NYC. As seen in Refinery29, The Zoe Report and Squarespace, Knotty NYC is an innovative niche beauty brand offering at-home hair, nails, and makeup services. After you book an appointment, they send a professionally trained and licensed beauty pro to your front door! What makes the brand unique are the services catering to the needs of women of color! They focus on offering natural hairstyling options like box braids, faux locs, and feed-in cornrows. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, Tiffany identified a gap in the beauty space, and her idea for the brand grew out of her own need for mobile beauty services.

D’Shonda Brown is a Publicist, Writer, Mental Health Advocate and the Founder of Gold Blooded Communications. D’Shonda started out from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, NY where she was engulfed in the arts, culture and community. After graduating college, D’Shonda launched Gold Blooded Communications upon realizing that she had acquired all she needed to build her own empire. The goal of her company is to promote an understanding and highlight positive representations of millennial artists of color in music, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Some of her clients include rapper Mulatto from the hit series the rap game, reality star Chinese Kitty and one of our beloved RareMavens, Alechia Reese. D’Shonda also has her own blog called, “Signed, Shonda,” and she’s a freelance writer for publications including Blavity, XO Necole and Hello Beautiful. In 2019, she became Mental Health First Aid Certified for adults and children, and graduated from the Advocacy Ambassador Program by National Alliance on Mental Illness. She says, she wants people to think of her as “the bestie that they feel like they have when they can’t talk to other people.”

D’Shonda Brown is a Publicist, Writer, Mental Health Advocate and the Founder of Gold Blooded Communications. D’Shonda started out from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, NY where she was engulfed in the arts, culture and community. After graduating college, D’Shonda launched Gold Blooded Communications upon realizing that she had acquired all she needed to build her own empire. The goal of her company is to promote an understanding and highlight positive representations of millennial artists of color in music, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Some of her clients include rapper Mulatto from the hit series the rap game, reality star Chinese Kitty and one of our beloved RareMavens, Alechia Reese. D’Shonda also has her own blog called, “Signed, Shonda,” and she’s a freelance writer for publications including Blavity, XO Necole and Hello Beautiful. In 2019, she became Mental Health First Aid Certified for adults and children, and graduated from the Advocacy Ambassador Program by National Alliance on Mental Illness. She says, she wants people to think of her as “the bestie that they feel like they have when they can’t talk to other people.”

On this episode of "RareMaven: The Podcast," we have Glenda Lezeau who is an Author, Mental Wellness Advocate and Founder of “Rising From Bipolar.”⠀ ⠀ Rising From Bipolar is Glenda’s brand that she started to educate and empower others about Mental Health & Wellness. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Glenda made this her mission after enduring a mental breakdown in 2011 where she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Since then, Glenda has written articles on mental wellness and her own journey. She also recently hosted her first ever virtual mental wellness retreat called, "Mentally Rejuvenate." ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Plus, Glenda released her first book this year called, “Letters to My Bipolar Self.” In the book, Glenda shares her mental health & wellness journey while intertwining a series of letters to herself as a form self-love.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 🎙This episode is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Anchor. ⠀ ⠀ ❣️And don't forget to subscribe, like and share if you enjoy it❣️⠀ ⠀

Lindsey Walker is the CEO & Founder of Walker + Associates Media Group, a boutique public relations agency specializing in media relations and event coordination for brands in entertainment, beauty and lifestyle. Since starting her agency out of college, Lindsey has established herself as an expert in PR working with brands including BET, Interscope Records and FX Networks to name a few. Walker is also the Author of “Thriving Through The Storm: How To Survive Life’s Lowest Moments.” Walker wrote this book after being a stage four cancer survivor, healing in 6 months! Lindsey wrote the book as a way to guide women on how to endure and find the strength to overcome any challenge they may face. Walker is also the Founder of PR Girls Do It Better, making it her mission to help women in PR + Business thrive and feel empowered.