Karyn (Kay) Washington
Karyn is a 20 year old junior majoring in Public Relations at Morgan State University. She is a Western High School graduate, born and raised in Baltimore,Maryland. At Morgan State she is involved with the Public Relations Club and outside of school is a member of Parts of Peace a student run charity organization. Karyn currently interns for Zoë Damacela Apparel as a social media intern while running and maintaining her own blog as well. She is the founder of For Brown Girls a project created to uplift and encourage females with darker skin complexions to feel confident. The ultimate message is to promote self-love along with self-acceptance. Karyn believes that when you become truly comfortable with yourself, you are then able to uplift others and embrace your purpose in life.
Hobbies/Interests
- Blogging
- Writing/Poetry
- Reading
- Expressing Creativity
- Entrepreneurship
Accomplishments
- She completed/graduated c/o '11 Disney College Program in Orlando, FL
- Karyn has been feaured in a promo commercial for Tony Danza's show"Teach" & in a Print ad for Baltimore City (BACVA)
- Finalist in the local Baltimore Champions of Courage Essay Competition and was featured along with 12 other finalists on a local Baltimore television station
- Baltimore City winner and Maryland State runner- up in the national Poetry Out Loud Competition.
Interviews/Features