Young, Fabulous & Female is destination for young, professional women to see how current events relate to them. It is also a series of events hosted by The Root that gives young, professional black women the opportunity to have candid conversations with established, black professional women.
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Young Futurists 2013: Camille McGirt 
Camille McGirt was inspired by Michelle Obama to start her Healthy Girls Save the World program. Read more…
 Young Futurists 2013: Amber Liggett 
Liggett turned a party trick into an award-winning balloon business. Read more…
 Young Futurists 2013: Brittney Exline 
Exline, the youngest African-American engineer, encourages other blacks to pursue STEM careers. Read more…
Thekia Cheeseborough developed a program to help teen moms and their kids gain access to educational resources. Read more…
Ask Demetria: “My fiance is mad because I’m putting my house that we live in on the market, simply because I bought it, and I would like us to buy something together. Yet I can tell he’s crazy insecure with it being mine. I feel I can’t win. Advice?” —R.T.Read Demetria Lucas’ answer!
Victoria Carter helped negotiate a new agreement between her school district and its food provider.
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Love Hurts on ‘Law & Order’ and in Real Life
An episode inspired by Chris Brown and Rihanna exposes the blurry line between reality and entertainment. Read More…
Photo credit: Tiffany Robinson as Micha Green in Law & Order: SVU (NBC.com); Chris Brown and Rihanna (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Chental-Song Bembry

Black, Female and in Charge

During Women’s History Month, The Root surveys the accomplishments of 20 black women who became CEOs. Read more…
La’Nesha Baldwin works to help domestic violence victims shed their shame. Read more…