Yalanda Cunningham is a strong believer in education. “I believe you can go so much further in your life,” Cunningham said, “if you had a solid background in education.”  Cunningham is a first-generation, non-traditional student from Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with her associate's degree from a community college in Kalamazoo, Cunningham decided to finish her bachelor’s degree at Kent State University.  “I didn't want to stop at just my associates, I wanted to finish the rest of my degree,” Cunningham said.  Cunningham stands firm in her belief that fin...

Jailynn Taylor didn’t originally set out to write about the fashion industry. She set out to design for it. But today, Taylor is living her dream working in the fast-paced world of the fashion industry as a contracted commerce and beauty writer for InStyle and Shape.com in New York City.  Currently, Taylor is writing about how readers can get celebrity looks for less, holy grail beauty products and up-and-coming trends spotted on celebrities. Taylor spots what is trending or what is about to and tells readers how they can achieve those looks.  “I get to speak to so many dif...