ABOUT ME
A Passion for Journalism
Jazmyne Courtnii Byrd is an Award Winning journalist who was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Woodward High School where she graduated in 2004. She went on to further her education at the only public HBCU in Ohio; Central State University where she graduated in 2009 with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. She relocated to the Washington, DC area in 2009 post-graduation where she worked for the Department of Social Services in Maryland in the Job Readiness Program. She found her career calling in Journalism in 2010 and began writing as a contributing writer for several Magazines including Kingdom Voices, Boss-E Mag, Exude, Beautifully Said and Queen Size Magazine in the fields of Entertainment and Plus Size Fashion. She is CEO and creator of The Divah Filez, an online magazine run by HBCU Students. She is a journalist and Host Corespondent for Sheen Magazine. A serial business owner; she runs and owns the following
Businesses:
The Divah Filez
Empower Melanin
Divine Scouting
Chocolate Chix
Swaggin Jaz
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Divah Enterprises serves as a digital portfolio of Jazmyne Courtnii Byrd journalism/hosting career and an umbrella of her businesses.
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