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by Mike McDonald  Photo courtesy Joscelyn Allen Amid a pandemic, Joscelyn Allen, 34, is grateful to work as a nurse. "I feel lucky to have chosen a profession I love," she says, adding that it is rewarding to watch COVID-19 patients get better. "They can't have family with them. They're thankful for you being there."
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by Alyssa Bass  Long-time voice actress Keri Horn offers a four-week voiceover class through New Stage Theatre on Monday nights, from March 30 until April 20. Photo by Jackson Beals Like a lot of children growing up in the '80s, Keri Horn loved to watch cartoons like "The Smurfs" and "The Care Bears." But she might have been one of the children approaching the television set with a tape recorder.
by Aliyah Veal  Rapper Unknwn performs for the first time at the 4th Quarter Exchange, a music event that brings artists and consumers face-to-face through performances and networking. Photo by Drew Dempsey JACKSON — Rapper Unknwn wore shades, a black hoodie, jeans and an Army jacket, and her mystique matched her name perfectly. The crowd inside Offbeat in midtown formed a stage around her at the 4th Quarter Exchange, a musical event bringing artists and consumers face-to-face through performances and networking.
by Jenna Gibson  Pauline Rogers operates the RECH Foundation alongside her husband. Photo by Acacia Clark Pauline Rogers watched her mother kill her father in an act of self-defense when she was a little girl. Originally from Vancleave, Miss., Rogers was born and raised in a family where she was one of 11 siblings, and she grew up doing petty crimes like shoplifting, and eventually found herself in prison.
by Nate Schumann  Contemporary Christian music artist Matthew West headlines for the 2019 K-Love Christmas Tour. Photo courtesy Matthew West Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, four-time Grammy winner Matthew West, 42, grew up playing baseball but possessing a talent for music that those around him encouraged him to pursue.
by Richard Coupe  Jackson native Chandler Griffin owns and operates Barefoot Workshops and Blue Magnolia Films, both of which teach participants the skills needed for filmmaking and photography so that they can tell their own stories. Photo courtesy Austin Britt "I've done everything from teaching Dalits how to tell stories to running a workshop in Malaysia with kids who are deaf but want to tell their stories," filmmaker Chandler Griffin says about his career to date. Dalits are members of a lower-caste group in India. "My work is based on always thinking how to make storytelling more accessible."
by JFP Staff  Albert Sykes Photo by Acacia Clark The most influential people sometimes come from unlikely places. Meet more of Jackson's under-40 power group. They're creative, connected, engaged, and making waves in the capital city and Mississippi.
by Anne McKee  Sisters in Birth Inc., which began enrollment on Aug. 31, aims to equip pregnant women in Hinds County with the tools necessary for having healthy births and breastfeeding their children. Photo by Mustafa Omar on Unsplash One reason Sisters in Birth Inc. founder and Executive Director Getty Israel decided to create her organization is "because there was a time when I was a single mother without a support group," she says.
by Richard Coupe  Amber Johnson is the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer science from Purdue University, which has one of the most respected programs in the United States. Photo by oyinolu Amber Johnson had long been interested in gadgets and technology.
by Aliya Veal  Gautier, Miss., rapper Vitamin Cea said she wants to instill an understanding and honor of being from Mississippi in her music. Photo by Alexander FRE$CO When Charity Hicks was in eighth grade, her friend Jasira introduced her to Nicki Minaj after Jasira remixed one of Minaj's songs. Hicks loved the remix, and it inspired her to write her own.
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