Black Cancer Survivor Releases Her 4th Novel for Young Adults

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Black Cancer Survivor Releases Her 4th Novel for Young Adults

At a time when all seemed lost, swept into a dismal world of doctors and chemo while the outside world seemed out of her grasp, cancer patient and author Debbie Copeland thought she would never write again. Yet, through it all, her resilience and determination to write again never faltered.

After a dueling year of chemo treatments, she emerged triumphant and cancer-free in June 2023 and finished her YA novel The Kids at Latimer High 2: Spring Fever.

CEO Mom Jasmine Carter Opens Up About Building a Luxury Jewelry Brand While Raising 2 Newborn Babies

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Building Balacia: Becoming a Multi-Million Dollar Jewelry Icon as a New Mother Navigating Post Partum

From postpartum fog to millions in sales, Balacia CEO Jasmine Carter opens up about building a faith-driven luxury brand through diamonds, prayers, and passion.

Jasmine Carter is known to many as “The Engagement Ring Queen,” but behind that crown is a woman of vision, vulnerability, and Christian values. When you meet her, you see a thriving CEO whose jewelry brand, Balacia, has quietly carved out a reputation for excellence, worn by icons, celebrated at award shows, and loved by everyday clients who trust her with life’s biggest moments.

What you don’t see at first glance is the valley she walked through to get here.

This isn’t a story of overnight success—it’s one of obedience. A mother. A maker. A woman who chose to trust God’s promises while building an empire from scratch.

In the following interview, she reveals what it really looked like to build an iconic brand while navigating postpartum with two newborns in two years, and how faith became the thread holding it all together.