Victoria Uwumarogie
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How Romance Author Jasmine Guillory Does Napa Valley
Jasmine Guillory knows how to write a great love story. The prolific New York Times best-selling author hooked us with her debut, The Wedding Date,...
She Nearly Died During Pregnancy. Now She’s Helping Other Black Expectant Moms Get The Support They Deserve.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. “I don’t have 10 more weeks of this...
Reimagining Rehabilitation: Inside Sheriff Susan Hutson’s Bold Vision For New Orleans
This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24. On a sunny Sunday during the Carnival season, Orleans Parish Sheriff...
After The Storm: New Orleans Is Still Healing 20 Years After Katrina
This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24. “It was silent. I’d never heard the city so quiet. There...
‘It’s God, Family And Then Business’: Mielle Organics CEO Monique Rodriguez On Her Critics, Her Marriage And Her Faith
You can do it. You can have it all. That’s the message successful entrepreneur Monique Rodriguez is delivering to aspiring and burgeoning entrepreneurs, as well...
Had A Traumatic Birth Experience? You’re Not Alone.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins...
Why Aren’t We Talking More About Cervical Insufficiency?
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. In 2018, Rachell Dumas cried tears of joy...
Op-Ed: Having A Midwife By My Side May Have Saved My Life
The womb and the miracle of childbirth are serious business. I dare say that the process is supernatural, and the nature of these things should...
Mamas At Work: Tatyana Ali On Quilting For A Cause And Learning To Rest — ‘I’ve Been Working Since I Was Four’
When beloved actress Tatyana Ali gave birth to her first child in 2016, she received a few special treatments because she is a public figure....
How Old Nollywood Is Shaping Today’s Black Beauty Trends
This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new...