Welcome to the House of Grind, where Christina Faith interviews some of the most sought-after creatives and entrepreneurs about their journey from start to finish.

Meet Ashley Coleman a beast of a writer!

Ashley M. Coleman is a writer and project manager based in Philadelphia. Navigating two professional worlds, she has worked full- time at a premier music organization for the last nine years. In addition, building a personal brand where she writes essays and personal stories revolving around identity, music, and pop culture. Her work has been published on Zora Mag, Apartment Therapy, The Cut, Essence.com, and more. She’s writing her forthcoming novel Good Morning Love and tweeting about it in the process.

@ashleymcoleman_ on social. 

Welcome to the House of Grind, where Christina Faith interviews some of the most sought-after creatives and entrepreneurs about their journey from start to finish.

Meet Iquan Worthington: CEO of Artoholiks 

Iquan Worthington is a raging ball of creativity utilizing his talents in graphic design, photography, video, and fine arts. Iquan exercises at least one of these mediums every day whether during work hours or during downtime with his family. Currently, Iquan is busy with directing the creative at MoCaFi while still maintaining his dream project at The Artoholiks.

IG: @iquanw @theartoholiks Youtube - Theartoholiks

Welcome to the House of Grind, where Christina Faith interviews some of the most sought-after creatives and entrepreneurs about their journey from start to finish.

Meet Paul Bae: Director of Social Media at Oklahoma City Thunder

Delivering growth for brands through compelling storytelling and data-driven growth marketing strategies. Launched and shepherded global campaigns for brands like Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, Smallville, CBS Sports, MTV Asia, numerous K-Pop artists and record labels, and currently the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. Highly analytical and data-driven; focused on organizational culture, and how leading teams to think creatively and strategically can make for a compelling brand story while providing value to audiences. 

Specific Areas of Expertise: Marketing Strategy and Creative Leadership; Demand Generation and Growth; Social Media (organic/paid); Audience Engagement; Product Development and Product Marketing; User Experience; Digital Marketing encompassing Paid/Owned/Earned Media; Customer Acquisition and Customer Journey; Conversion Optimization; SEO/SEM; User Experience Design; User-Generated Content; Communities; Influencers; Mobile and Digital Product Strategy; Lean Methodology, Data-driven Design and Optimization. 

Welcome to the House of Grind, where Christina Faith interviews some of the most sought-after creatives and entrepreneurs about their journey from start to finish.

A​vril Speaks​ ​Avril Z. Speaks is a producer, director and film educator based in Los Angeles​. She ​produced​ the critically-acclaimed feature film ​Jinn,​ which won the Special Jury Prize for Writing at SXSW and was acquired by MGM/Orion Classics for theatrical and VOD release. Since then she has produced several films including ​Hosea,​ which will release later this year, and the upcoming ​Dotty & Soul​, starring Leslie Uggams, Gary Owens and Margot Bingham. She has worked in Scripted Programming at BET Networks, and was also an associate producer on the TNT docu-series “American Race.” ​A former professor at Howard University and a contributing writer for DearProducer.com​, ​Avril also has been a Producing Fellow in Rotterdam, Cannes, IFP and Film Independent labs and networks, and was recently named as a 2020 Sundance Momentum Fellow.