ETHNIC GEMS ARCHIVE

Ethnic GEM: Claudia Cardozo  Company:  HarborOne Bank Title: Community Development Manager State: Rhode Island  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer In the summer 2002, Claudia Cardozo, left Armenia Quindío and moved to Rhode Island, with only 500 dollars and no family or relatives to rely on. The most difficult sacrifice Cardozo had to make […]

 Ethnic GEM: Monte Foster Company: TD Bank State: Massachusetts  TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, announced it has named Monté Foster Southern New England Retail Market President. In this role, Foster will lead the Retail Banking team of approximately 1,000 employees and 95 stores in Connecticut, parts of Massachusetts and Upstate New York. He will

Ethnic GEM: Jade-Roy “J.R” Huntington   Company: FCP Euro  State: Connecticut  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer  The University of Connecticut- alum, and Social Media Manager at FCP Euro, Jade-Roy “J.R” Huntington, is cultivating a new presence in the international car culture. Since his formative years, Huntington has developed a passion for automobiles including

Ethnic GEM: Malakhi RL Eason II   Company: International Festival of Arts & Ideas State: Connecticut  Written by Wes Webb, Senior Contributing Writer   Boston Native and current New Haven resident Malakhi RL Eason II is surely making a footprint as an educator in the performing arts sector in the Greater Southern Connecticut area. Combining

Southern Debutante Stefanie A. Smith arrived in Boston roughly 15 years after leaving Atlanta GA beginning her college studies. This self-described “Army Brat” states “my father was in the military, so we called Alabama and Georgia home, my formative years were developed in Atlanta GA and Birmingham Alabama as each parent had roots in both.

Say hello to Philly native Ms. Crystal Lander, Executive Director of Global Affairs at Pathfinder International, a global women’s health organization headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, that helps women and children in more than 20 countries gain access to healthcare, education, and family planning services. Crystal is responsible for leading the design and delivery of advocacy

Imagine having over 40 years of combined experience that touches families, communities, non-profits, for profits, political field, higher education, law enforcement and the overall common joy of every ethnicity in the greater Boston area! Ethnic Online is proud to introduce you to Mark & Jacqui Conrad! They are the true definition of a “Super Couple”

A few months ago I sat down and had dinner with the ONLY African American male to serve as Vice President & Executive Director of a major Performance Arts Center in the country, Mr. Anthony McDonald who has that distinguished title at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, CT. Originally from Roselle, NJ, Anthony moved

MIT has announced that its next chancellor will be Melissa Nobles, an accomplished scholar who has led the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences since 2015. As chancellor, Nobles will oversee student life and learning, in a broad role that encompasses undergraduate and graduate education and student well-being, as well as strategic planning and

There are once in a lifetime generation “Trailblazers” like former President Barack Obama, Michael Jordan in Basketball, Jim Brown in Football, Jackie Robinson in Baseball and then there’s Ken Granderson IT Guru, Wunder Kid, Game Changer in the world of “Computer Science”. Since 1992, when he left his hi-tech job to work on his own