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Role Mamas

Some of our favorite Black women on how they became mothers, wives, entrepreneurs, corporate ladder sprinters, & more.

Lisa Johnson-Willingham

Jersey City, New Jersey

Picking up and moving to a new city can be difficult. Add having to move your kids as well to the mix, and making a clean transition gets that much harder. But Lisa Johnson-Willingham, director of the Alvin Ailey Extension, has made it work. Johnson-Willingham spoke to mater mea about how she's making a new home for her and her two kids, Quincy, 9, and Noah, 6.

Karen Tappin

Brooklyn, New York

We’re just going to put this out there: You have never seen a home as gorgeous and packed with personality as Karen Tappin’s. The owner of Karen’s Body Beautiful—an all-natural Brooklyn-based hair and body product line—welcomed mater mea into her home, where every wall and fixture pays homage to her family’s African roots.

Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo

New Bergen, New Jersey

Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo turned a family health scare into a life-changing career move while juggling new motherhood.

Agatha Achindu

Atlanta, Georgia

At the age of 19, Agatha Achindu traveled to the United States from her native country of Cameroon to embark on the next chapter of her educational journey. Within a few years, she landed a six-figure job as a software executive with a growing tech firm. Yet in 2006 she decided to walk away from it all and pursue her passion for providing children healthy food. Achindu chats with mater mea about how she started her successful line of organic baby food that empowers mothers everywhere.

Veronica Valentine

Bronx, New York

Your twenties are a time of self-discovery, experimentation and trial and error. But at 26, when most of her peers are still in the process of finding out who they are, Veronica Valentine has to know: there’s a two-year-old riding on the answer. Valentine, who works for CIRCA, a leading buyer of fine jewelry from the general public, spoke with mater mea about how being a young mom has changed her life.

Nikisha Riley

Brooklyn, New York

As one half of the lifestyle blog Urban Bush Babes, Nikisha Riley acts as a knowledgeable best friend for thousands of women interested in everything from natural hair care to a good Moroccan chickpea soup recipe. With her street style model good looks, it’s easy to mistake her serenity for a life devoid of problems. The recently affianced Riley, 29, talked to mater mea about having her son, Jaden, when she was 16 and what dating in New York was like as a single mom.

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