Jacqueline Walker-Johnson
Jacqueline Johnson – | Founder Of TheBeyondWoman | is a multi-talented entrepreneur, speaker, investment banker, sales expert, and author of four books, including Called to a Higher Service (See Books). This phenom operates in multiple gifting. Jacqueline is the founder of The Beyond Woman, a budding media company and publisher of The Beyond Woman magazine – a premier lifestyle magazine centered on empowering women of color. Jacqueline graduated from Nova Southeastern University and Florida International University with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in finance.
As a native of Jamaica, Jacqueline spent many years working and successfully effecting change in corporate Jamaica as an investment banker. There, she catered to the highest-level VIP clients and excelled in her career pursuits. Jacqueline, however, felt that she was destined for something greater and something less mundane.
That something greater came when she changed her life’s path by quickly and dramatically moving to the Bahamas along with her children to join her husband, who was already living there for quite some time. Jacqueline was immediately led by God into the area of writing, a far deviation from her previous professional life. It is no surprise that destiny led her back to writing. As a child, Jacqueline spent her pastime reading many books and journaling. Since accepting the call to destiny, Jacqueline has not deviated from her life path. Jacqueline is ready to serve every woman she is called to, through her platform The Beyond Woman Media.
Connect via IG @thebeyondwomanmagazine | @jaquelinewalkerjohnson
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MEET Yasmen Abd Al-Ahad – Media Personality | Event Host | Financial Advisor Unit Manager
Yasmen Abd Al-Ahad is a sales professional, an entrepreneur, a sales and customer service trainer, a radio host, and an ascending media personality. After spending a decade in sales- promoting diverse products ranging from personal care items, through financial services, to an annual trade show-Yasmen has found connecting with people, delivery of service, and decoding the communication needs of individuals she engages with to be the most rewarding.
Yasmen holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Technology.
Connect via IG @yaz_zle | Youtube: The Jamaican Experience with YAZ
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MEET Nikki Blakely-Simmons
Founder of NBS Real Estate Group Commercial Insurance Agent, Instructional Designer Brand Strategist & Professional Development Coach, Voice-Over talent & Professional Speaker.
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Nikki Blakely-Simmons is a lover of all things Real Estate and Wealth Building. She has been an investor in Real Estate since 2004; and through her experiences as a buyer, seller, and investor, has built her business – NBS Real Estate Group on the premise of two foundational principles, which is: 1) to educate, guide and support as many people as possible in the home buying,
selling and investing process and 2) teaching them the importance and value of using Real Estate as a vehicle to generate wealth and leave a durable life legacy.
Nikki serves as a Real Estate Advisor to Luxury and Corporate Relocation Clientele and their families. She also has a passion for working with retired Military Clientele and, assisting Millennials and Generation X in realizing their dream of homeownership for the very first time. Nikki is passionate about her work in the Real Estate industry. Her ultimate life goal is to change and transform the lives of others, through the process of educating, coaching, and training others how to generate, duplicate, and maintain wealth through buying, selling, and investing in Real Estate.
Outside of real estate, Nikki has a successful track record in business. She served five years as Vice President of Women Leadership Network of Atlanta, a
professional development, and networking organization for women and young girls in the Atlanta
metro area. She worked for a major Hospitality chain for ten and a half years, where she was instrumental in the development of an internal insurance division. She also implemented the very first
Sales Support and Assurance training program spearheaded a major corporate partnership, and revamped a loyalty marketing program, increasing membership from 85,000 to over 250,000.
Throughout her career, Nikki has fostered and built great professional relationships, partnerships, and collaborations with organizations and individuals, by building trust, remaining consistent, and always
exhibiting overall great business acumen.
Nikki also has a love and passion for entertainment and community service. In 2018, she was a cast member of a reality show being pitched to major networks entitled: Single. Married. Divorced.
She is married to her best friend Alfred E. Simmons and together they have four adult children.
Connect via IG @nikkibsimmons_realtor
MEET Carlene C. Wright
Founder of Wright Encouragement LLC | TV Host, Minister, Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur
Carlene C. Wright is a remarkable communicator with an encouraging message of faith, hope, and love. A message she passionately delivers as a TV Host, Minister, Speaker, Author, and Entrepreneur.
She is the proud founder of “Wright Encouragement, LLC,” a multimedia movement poised to share encouragement through the “Wright Encouragement Talk Show” and other mediums. She is also the owner of “Wright Insurance” serving individuals and families nationwide.
Outside of her business endeavors, Carlene values volunteering at her local church, The Faith Center Ministries, serving the community, and making memories with her family, Godchildren, and friends.
You can connect with her on social media @CarleneCWright @WrightEncouragement @WrightInsurancegrp.
MEET Suzette Speaks
Talk Show Host & Lawyer
Suzette Speaks is the epitome of a respected, skillful, and versatile lawyer. She has more than 10 years of experience in civil practice and has worked for major law firms throughout South Florida specializing in Personal Injury and Real Estate law. Formerly a Real Estate lawyer, Ms. Speaks became a Licensed Title Agent and went on to open her own Real Estate Law Firm and Title Company in 2015. In her practice she performed hundreds of Real Estate closing transactions annually, serving clients from across the State of Florida and internationally. In 2018, Ms. Speaks began re-branding her firm to focus on new area law. Ms. Speaks now specializes in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice law and she enjoys assisting her injured clients to get the justice they deserve.
Connect via IG @suzettespeaks
MEET Curline Adassa is a Certified Personal Growth Specialist, Teacher, HealthInformation Management Professional CHIM, Womb Wellness Advocate, and Postpartum Doula
Curline Adassa is a Certified Personal Growth Specialist, Teacher, Health Information Management Professional CHIM, Womb Wellness Advocate, and Postpartum Doula. Curline also holds certification in Herbal Medicine and Criminal Psychology and Behaviour. Curline’ guiding principle is thatthe womb is the centre of the woman and as such must be the beginning of all journeys to heal and transform self.
Curline founded Designing YOUR Path to provide a sacred, non-judgmental space to support those who are ready to embrace their vulnerability and intuition as they remember to use the wisdom of herbs and mind wellness techniques to heal themselves naturally.
Curline is also the host of the podcast, “Calabash Conversations”. Curline can be found at: Instagram: @curlineadassa, @designingyourpath, @calabashconversations
Facebook: DesigningYourPath
Website: designingyourpath.com
Email: [email protected]
MEET Canderia McKinney Founder of the Inspired HR , Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor, HRM, & Blogger
Canderia McKinney is the founder of Inspired HR, an online platform and business whose aim is to assist individuals with getting to their next best. She is passionate about building confidence and skill by way of Workplace Navigation sessions, Interview Coaching, and Quickbooks Training.
Her background is diverse, ranging from Accounting and Human Resources, Talent & Development
Connect with Canderia on Social Media: IG @theinspiredhrbahamas
MEET Krishna Turner | Financial Advisor & Entrepreneur
A dedicated and compassionate Senior Financial Insurance Advisor, Krishna Turner has been in the Financial Services Industry since 2001. With 20 years of financial services experience, she is currently
employed to Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited as a Financial Advisor since 2009. 7 time Million Dollar Round Table Qualifier in the insurance industry.
She is a health and fitness enthusiast and loves making smoothies. She currently owns the online program “Smoothies for Life” Transforming Lives One Smoothie at a Time. Smoothies for Life is a spiritual weight management system. It is a “Do it yourself” (DIY) program. She is known as the Smoothie Queen or the Smoothie Boss. She believes in using the power of fruits and vegetables to
transform the body. Her goal is to assist and coach as many persons as she can to meet their health and fitness goals by empowering them to do it themselves.
Krishna is a lover of life, food, and people and enjoys traveling. A fun-loving, energetic, charismatic self-motivated and charming young woman, she is family-oriented and very passionate about her relationships with her friends. She is very much into fashion and believes in “dressing up and showing
up” and living life on Purpose. She loves celebrating life, especially through birthdays, irrespective of whether it is her own. She is a successful single mother to her two wonderful boys, Juvaughn age 20, and Malachi age 12.
She has a drive and passion for success and firmly believes that success is not instant, but that it is a process. One of her favorite mantras is “progress not regress”. Another is “you’ve got to be in it to win it.” Her goal is to continue to progress in all aspects of life, spiritually (ministry), family, friends, and work. She has a passion for Obstetrics, Make-up Artistry, and Customer Service. Krishna believes that “life is a gift and you should live it by Faith to its fullest”.
Connect via IG @faithinsurmountable or smoothiesforlife
MEET Kemoy Kayan Duhaney | Customer Experience Strategy Consultant and Manager of Customer Success at Caribshopper.
Kemoy’s mission is to connect and inspire the Caribbean Diaspora to actively support emerging brands created within the Caribbean and abroad. To create sustainable economic growth that creates generational wealth within Caribbean Communities.
Kemoy was born in Bronx, NY; 2.5 weeks after her mom moved to NYC from Jamaica. Growing up she was always inspired by the positive life experiences her family had in Jamaica. Yet many working-class citizens she connected with during her trips to the island, didn’t feel economic stability was within their reach on the island.
In 2015, trips to Jamaica and to the United Kingdom inspired Kemoy to actively seek and test products made in Jamaica. After discovering some amazing Jamaican wellness products, health services, and self-development coaches. She came back to NYC and shared her experiences with family, friends, and colleagues — who were just as intrigued by the quality of products and services. But realized many people of the diaspora were unaware these products/services existed, and previously had inconsistent customer experiences with businesses on the island. Kemoy became inspired and determined to change this!
As a result, she started getting approached to collaborate with brands such as Pholk Beauty, The Jamaica International Beauty Expo, Goal Accelerator Club, Caribshopper, and Papa Rozier Farms. All brands focused on serving the African and Caribbean Diaspora.
Prior to consulting, Kemoy led, coached, and hired top-performing sales teams for multi-million dollar accounts such as Sephora, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret, and Bath & Body Works. Kemoy has earned degrees from The Fashion Institute of Technology in Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing and Fashion Merchandising Management.
Kemoy currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She became a dual citizen of Jamaica and the U.S. in 2018. She is a self-development enthusiast, loves exercising to hip-hop + dancehall music, and loves to eat delicious plant-based meals 90% of the time.
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Kemoy_ Kayan on IG
Kemoy@kemoykayan.com
