SisterDivas is a quarterly magazine dedicated to showcasing women and womanly issues on topics such as health, beauty, entertainment, careers, and relationships.  SD will provide interviews with and articles on authors, musicians, and artists, health-related issues that affect women, commiseration on the various aspects (good and bad) of relationships, and a look at women who are trying to make their marks in the career world--among many other amazing things.

SD will always be a place where women can come congregate and interact with each other in a friendly atmosphere.

Staff and Contributors/Columnists

Tonya Howard - Founder/ Co-owner/Content Developer/Marketer-Promoter

Tonya Howard founded Sister Divas (the website) back in 1998 because she wanted to create an atmosphere for all women to have a place they could go to become informed, to network, and to be entertained.  She also wanted to provide a place where people would not only see and hear about those celebrity figures that are household names, but also new icons coming into the scene of entertainment.  She wanted women to stop limiting themselves to forms of entertainment that solely pertained/related to their culture, and to embark upon other cultures' forms of entertainment.  Now that SisterDivas is an e-magazine, re-invented by her and Shonell Bacon, Tonya's goals have not changed.  With her previous publicity experience, Tonya plans to market and publicize SD through many forms of media and work on newsletters that reflect various aspects of the magazine.

Shonell Bacon – Co-owner/Editor-Content Developer/Web Designer

Shonell Bacon is the co-author of LuvAlwayz:  The Opposite Sex & Relationships and Draw Me with Your Love, both published by Strebor Books/Simon & Schuster.  Not only is she editor of SisterDivas, but she is also co-founder and editor of the popular online magazine, The Nubian Chronicles (http://www.tnc-magazine.net).  Though writing is Shonell’s first love, academia is a close second.  She has received her BS in Communication Arts, MA in Mass Communication, and MFA/MA in creative writing (fiction) and English, respectively.  Currently, Shonell lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where she battles fragments, comma splices, and essays in the freshman composition courses she teaches as English specialist/instructor at the local university.  You can learn more about Shonell at WordPress.

Madison Chase – Total Body Contributor

Madison Chase is a celebrity life coach who resides in Los Angeles, CA. Her fitness career began as a classical ballerina who has trained with Julliard, School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, and the Fort Worth Ballet. She is a certified personal trainer and her certifications include AMFPT, IFPA, ACE, and NASM.  Currently, Madison is pursuing her Masters in Exercise Physiology. For additional information, you may visit her website at http://www.madisonchasefitness.com.

Dr. Cherry Collier – Total Body Contributor

Dr. Cherry is a success coach & an extreme productivity expert that is often seen on TV & heard on radio.  She believes that all change starts with choice!  Whether it is attitude, prosperity, productivity, self-esteem, or confidence – she has developed a technology called “choice intelligence” to enable you to make your master choice & choose success. Dr. Cherry is the author of Move Out Of Your Own Way and uses her Ph.D. in social psychology to empower numerous fortune 500 individuals and companies including the Coca Cola company, SunTrust, Sharp Electronics, and Auburn University to increase their choice IQ leading to success.  

Melodye Shore - LIFE Contributor/All That Glitters Columnist

Melodye Shore is an award-winning writer and presenter who gives speeches and presentations all over the United States and in Europe. Her current nonfiction project, Secret Lives of Trophy Wives, is represented by Emily Saladino of Writers House. One of her strongest credentials for writing about fashion, beauty, and lifestyle choices is the background research she’s done for her book – including the unrestricted, backstage-pass access she’s been granted to the lives of some of America’s most beautiful, fashion-minded wives. 

For more about Melodye, please visit her website or take a peek at her blog. She invites you to send comments, product recommendation, and column ideas to her by email.  

L. Denise Jackson - LIFE Contributor/The Sipping Sommelier Columnist