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Artist Age: 15 Hometown: San Jose, California Tyler Gordon is a 15-year-old artist seeking to inspire others through his work. He often paints his heroes. His portrait of Kamala Harris went viral in 2020 and earned him a call from the Vice President herself. However, his own story is just as empowering. He’s dealt with his own obstacles: A stutter, being partially deaf and he was in a wheelchair for two years after finding out he had a vitamin D deficiency. Nevertheless, he’s broken these… Source link

Zandra Azariah Cunningham Owner of Zandra Beauty and public speaker Age: 21 Hometown: Buffalo, New York Zandra Azariah Cunningham is the 21-year-old entrepreneur behind the natural bath and body brand Zandra Beauty. She launched her first business just before she turned 10 and has been sharing her passion for natural products ever since. Zandra’s skin-nourishing products range from hair and body souffles to exfoliating sugar scrubs and vegan body washes. All of her products smell amazing… Source link

Destini Ann Business owner and motivational speaker Age: 29 Hometown: Virginia Beach Destini Ann is a single millennial mom who promotes peaceful and positive parenting on her TikTok, where she has more than one million followers. Through heartfelt videos, attainable advice, real-life examples and lots of humor, she works to help other parents out there connect with their kids and navigate familial life. Some of her most popular videos are about phrases that she never says to her kids and what… Source link

Damilola Adejonwo Influencer on a mission to normalize Black men wearing makeup Age: 27 Hometown: United Kingdom Nigerian beauty influencer Damilola Adejonwo has a deep passion for makeup and wants Black men to discover that the medium is a genderless form of self-expression. In June of 2020, the makeup guru’s TikTok makeup video went viral on Twitter. It showed him getting ready in full glam and has since amassed over 40,000 likes. In an interview with OkayAfrica, Adejonwo explained that his… Source link

CEO and Founder of Scent & Fire Age: 33 Hometown: Dallas, Texas Monisha Edwards didn’t randomly decide to start a candle business out of the blue one day. After being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, she began to research the benefits of essential oils and discovered the power of scent and aromatherapy— how they can change your mood, trigger memories and bring a sense of calm to life. As someone living with social anxiety, seasonal affective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder… Source link

Betty White would’ve turned 100 Monday, and Google is honoring the TV legend in a unique way. When you type her name into the search engine, rose petals flutter on the screen, along with a message that reads, “Thank you for being a friend.” It’s a tribute to her role as Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls,” whose legendary theme song includes the well-known and oft-repeated line, “Thank you for being a friend.” Google shows its love for Betty White on her 100th birthday.Via Google

The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8), including a video with Hawking’s quotes about everything from cosmology to disability. On what would have been Hawking’s 80th birthday, the cosmologist was cited not only with his work in probing the fate of the universe and the nature of black holes, but also his quick wit, his ability to engage popular audiences around the world, and his living example to people with disabilities. “Today’s… Source link

Google In 1964, while contemplating how to program… Source link

Happy birthday, Tommy Kono. Google In 1942, the then-12-year-old Tommy Kono was forced into an… Source link

On Saturday, Google’s search page featured an homage to Juneteenth with artwork created by Detroit-based artist Rachelle Baker that was centered on Black joy and artistic contributions.  The Doodle art featured an homage to Black artistic contributions by alluding to decorative ironwork, which includes styles that can be found throughout southern architecture and was often forged by enslaved African Americans and unrecognized freedmen. The artwork includes images of parades, music, food and… Source link