This line is from the first editor’s letter I ever wrote.
I was a high school senior and had created a mini-magazine calledONYX, for Black teens.
I longed for a magazine that would mirror the world around me.
Photographed by Makeda Sandford
We’re going to do our best to be a megaphone for your voice.
FromONYXtoAllure, my dream publication is part aspiration and part celebration of all the beautiful imperfections in our world.
Lead image photographed by Makeda Sandford.
Flashback to my first editor-in-chief job: I was also the magazine founder, staff writer…and cover star!
Makeup by Maya Rene.
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