What is Kurama Magazine
Kurama Magazine is a collection of blogs that aims to help young women become more beautiful, inside and out.
Mission
Kurama Magazine is committed to being both an informative and entertaining resource that teaches Caribbean girls how to integrate different aspects of their life, namely mind, body and spirit. In addition, the web site aims to promote personal development, positive body image, and individuality.
What does kurama mean?
Kurama is a word taken from the language of the Kalinago (more commonly known as the Caribs), an indigenous people of the Caribbean who arrived long before the European settlers. Kurama means "to make beautiful", which coincides with the aim of this web site.
Who are we
Gina
Gina, the founder of Kurama Magazine, earned a BA in psychology and plans to continue her studies at the graduate level in the near future. Her background in psychology and her personal experiences inspire her when she writes for the You!(personal development) section.
Gina has had a few years of experience working with different publications.
She has been writing as long as she can remember and has won several literary arts awards. Her work has been published in different Caribbean literary journals.
Gina's other passions are music, travelling, sports and meeting new people.
Check out Gina's blog.
Jennifer Pollard
Jennifer Pollard is currently employed as a Career Counsellor at a tertiary institution. Her work involves individual counselling as well as the facilitation of psychosocial/student development workshops.
She pursued studies in Psychology at McGill University between 1991 and 1996, and attained the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1994 and Master of Education degree in Counselling Psychology in 1996. She has worked in Educational, Psychiatric, Vocational Rehabilitation and Community settings.
Jennifer draws from her education and experience when she writes about personal development and wellness for the You! section in Kurama Magazine.
Her interests include collecting and listening to jazz, singing, writing poetry, travelling and reading. Jennifer's blog
Corey "Narkissos" Springer
Corey "Narkissos" Springer is a professional ranter with over 12 years experience. That his wise cracks have assisted thousands of individuals in their quest towards achieving optimal physical health is just a pleasant coincidence.
Corey has accumulated 7 years of competitive bodybuilding experience, competing successfully at both national and regional levels . Also during this time, he coached a number of athletes... taking one of them to Pro-athlete status. After semi-retiring he made the transition to full-time coaching, founding his consulting company: Apollo Fitness Barbados; and site: NarkSide Nutrition in April 2007.
Since then, Corey has developed several proprietary dieting schemes... with which his clients have realized amazing results. His clients range from Joe-Average, to models, and top-tier athletes. His portfolio of 'before and after' pictures attest to the fact that neither he nor his precepts should be taken lightly.
His piercing rants have been highly circulated. This resulted in Corey being sought after as a writer for a number of online publications, including Kurama Magazine.
When he isn't making fun of painfully fat people, Corey spends his time kicking people's asses in the gym. Although no longer competing, he still takes his personal fitness very seriously... training 6-7 days weekly. Corey *is* Apollo Fitness Barbados ... and Apollo Fitness Barbados is his way of life.
Narkissos' blog
Pauline Neckles
Driven, compassionate, generous, ambitious, a dreamer and ever the eternal optimist - these are just a few of the words that can be used to describe Pauline Neckles.
Pauline is passionate about life and has many interests in business, media, history, music, fashion, dance, travelling, among others. Drawing on her passion for women’s concerns, she writes about personal development/wellness and love for Kurama Magazine.
An alumnus of the University of the West Indies with, a postgraduate degree in Management, Pauline is a woman of many talents, including a current role as a marketing executive at an Information Technology and Marketing firm. Pauline's blog
Kamilah Cadogan
Kamilah Cadogan is a 23 year old graduate of the University of the West Indies with a degree in Psychology. She plans to further her education by pursuing a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology. What does this have to do with fashion you ask? The answer: nothing.
From the time Kamilah was a little girl, she always seemed to pay minute attention to detail when it came to clothes and dressing herself. Her mother helped foster this by giving into her crazy whims, such as wearing one purple sock and one pink sock.
Through the years she developed a love for fashion and a love for simply “looking good”. She wants to share what little knowledge she has of fashion, so others could also enjoy the euphoric feeling of “looking good”.
Kamilah's blog
Dre DeCarlo
Where many have tried and failed, the name of Dre DeCarlo has shown the Barbadian fashion industry why his name is one to watch. Time and time again he has proven that the phrase of the famous Coco Chanel "I don’t do fashion, I am fashion," suits his love for the industry, and by making fashion his life’s passion, he has committed himself to an excellence in the industry well beyond his years.
He has interviewed up and coming international models such as Sara Collins, Leah Marville, Jeneil Williams, Cindy Wright, Milanius Abellionni Francewurr, Simone Small, and international recording artistes Vita Chambers and Livvi Franc, as well as covered major fashion events in Barbados.
With his dream to revolutionize the fashion industry, gaining his inspiration from the legendary editor-in-chief of American VOGUE Anna Wintour, Dre DeCarlo, at the age of 18, is poised to take the fashion world by storm. Noted by many high level fashion authorities for his blog 'I AM FASHION', there is only one thing left to say: Watch out Fashion World , Dre DeCarlo is here!
Dre's blog
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