Paquilla Jones, aka PQ is an engineer, entrepreneur, grad student, artist, Nas lover && most importantly my “adopted” sister & bestfraaand. So let’s be inspired from all her #blackgirlmagic: Tell us about yourself. I like long walks on the beach and candle light dinners just kidding. I truly hate this question because how can you sum up 24 years of life and counting into a few sentences. So the most important things about me would be I am a young black woman from Prichard, Al

2015 was an amazing, stressful and long year ! From graduating from the best school in the world the illustrious Howard University ( the real HU !) to moving back and readjusting to life at home with my parents and deciding what was next for me. I lived off campus for 2 years so I was living the life, free,  so to move back was a little weird to me. Yes, I missed my family so much and missed all the impromptu family time that is guaranteed in our house. I missed spending time

There are always those people everyone is naturally drawn too, easily to get along with, easy to talk. But then there are others that just exude an “uninterested, dont talk to me” aura. So I cam across this this article on forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/11/15/the-20-people-skills-you-need-to-succeed-at-work/ Entitled: The 20 People Skills You Need to Succeed at Work. This year, particularly starting this summer, I said I wanted to work on my peopl

September 2014 So its been a while since my last post but there’s been SO much going on ! My friend Erin re-inspired me to continue…”for the archives” So here’s a likkle recap 1.Senior year has officially begun and started kicking my butt !- with Senior Design, Traffic Engineering, Research, ASCE and now my new “job”- its just been alot. 2. I finally went camping && did some hiking 3. Hung out with Malee && drove to Syracuse to see Kareem play for FSU 4.My last Homecoming

August 2014 So when I’m not outside wandering around, jet-setting taking cool pictures and eating as much good food as I possibly can since Ramadan ended- Im “in the lab.” In the Lab could me 1 of 2 places: The Dungeon The Work room The Dungeon refers to the place where I spend 96% of my day, it big, brick walled with like 3 rows of “grad school” desks. The room is eternally freezing and there’s a cricket that dies and comes back to life daily. yup, pretty uneventful. This i

I decided to open a platform and share what people around me are doing in their lives to maybe inspire and motivate others. The first person: My little sister,Sajeeda. Sajeeda Chin is a teacher, a student, an engineer. She graduated from Howard University in 2015 with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. Currently she works as a teaching fellow with Citizen Schools extended day program at The Academy for Future Leaders in Harlem NY. Once completed with the program in