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Felicia Browder is the quintessential lover of life, a multifaceted businesswoman and artist who lives life with a ravenous zeal and unquenchable appetite. The youngest woman to ever become chief spokesperson for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, at age 25, she also helped successfully campaign for a state bill that allows foster children to go to college without incurring any educational debt. A former foster child herself, it was an unparalleled feeling of triumph.

“To this day, that is something I’m so proud of, and one of the best feelings I’ve ever had,” says Browder, 28, the current director of corporate communications for Mirant Energy. “Because it’s one thing to be successful and success is all about you, and it’s another thing to be significant, because significance is about everyone else doing something for someone else, leaving a legacy. I am so happy that God gave me that opportunity to be instrumental in that.”

Now Browder is instrumental in pretty much everything else. The entrepreneur, actress, producer, philanthropist, and soon-to-be author is producing a Black History Month stage play, El Hajj Malik: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. She is a board member for the international organization, Dress For Success, as well as the Youth Leadership Council. She has also performed comedic routines at the Punchline Comedy Club. Browder is now coming out with a business venture, called Swanqi, which celebrates and accentuates businesswomen’s ventures. And, finally, she is working on a documentary and accompanying book decrying the objectification and exploitation of the black woman’s attributes in hip-hop. - terry shropshire

E-mail Browder via felicajoytotheworld@gmail.com .

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