Contributors
Taji Contributor
NayMarie, Editor | @TajiMagazine
NayMarie is a multifaceted Creative. As the Founder and Editor of Taji Mag, your Black Culture publication, Nay is laser-focused on elevating Black brands, stories, and imagery. With Adorned In Taji, she handcrafts divine Adornments with ethically sourced gemstones, cowrie, and metal jewels that amplify your Spirit. For over a decade, NayMarie has been recognized as a published professional photographer and retoucher with a specialty in Black Art. She also co-owns the non-profit, OurBlackWeb.com, a Black business directory.
Will Focus, Contributing Photographer; Art & Design Consultant | @TheOneWillFocus
A creative visionary at heart and spontaneous developer of all things ingenious, Will Focus is a New York-born Photographer, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator who seeks out content to work with that requires him to engage content/production on a more visceral level. Using the visual to emote and connect with the individual is a top priority in his development process. Due to this nature of development, he is uniquely adept at providing clients with a broad range of skills. www.TheOneWillFocus.com
Shauntrice Jackson, Community & Culture | @AfricaJwrites
Africa Jackson is a freelance agitator living between Ireland and mid-coast. She spends her days whistling at construction workers and calling white people the “W” word. (Her best friend is white.) Follow her on Twitter at @AfricaJwrites.
Catalina Combs, Entertainment | @ccfilmcritic
Catalina Combs is a freelance TV/Film critic based in Los Angeles and has been a film lover since she was five years old. She has moderated and served on film panels, covered press junkets and red carpets, and been a juror for film festivals. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association, African American Film Critics Association, and Online Association of Female Film Critics and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic.
Clair Daniels, CDNYC Editing & Proofing Services | @cdnyc_proofreading_editing
Claire Daniels has been a freelance New York-based Editor/Proofreader since 2015 and a lover of language since she could speak. With a longstanding (and admittedly sometimes overbearing) interest in grammar, she’s built a portfolio that she is proud of today. Her diverse experience in print publication and online media has provided her with a strong, loyal, and growing clientele.
Felipe Patterson aka Dapper Dr. Feel,
Lead Contributor: Entertainment, Editor’s Pick, #DDFFridayFeature | @fdapperdr
Felipe Patterson, aka Dapper Dr. Feel, is a freelance writer and creative. #BlackLoveConvo & Entertainment contributor. The burgeoning southern gentleman is always looking for a great film to review and an inspirational story to write. He volunteers with autism awareness projects and hopes to mentor other young Black men.
Jason Scott Jones, Photographer | @jsjcreative
Jason Scott Jones is a Brooklyn-born, Caribbean-descended, multidisciplinary visual artist whose photography and illustration work has been published around the world by news and entertainment brands. His video art is in the Studio Museum in Harlem’s permanent collection. His work spans, and is informed by, societal change and the perspectives of people of color from Jamaica to Japan and points in between.