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Dasheen 2011

Hi there, I am Tynisha C. Leon, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of DASHEEN mag­a­zine!  Allow me to wel­come you to a new space carved out for all of us who feel that strong con­nec­tion as sons and daugh­ters of the soil–that is the Caribbean region.

It’s easy to see how a Tynisha became a Dasheen. It makes per­fect sense if you under­stand that DASHEEN mag­a­zine was birthed from that need to recon­nect with a cul­tural her­itage (Kit­tit­ian & West Indian) that was fierce, fill­ing and most often bore a fem­i­nine car­riage.  I’ve also been called Dasheen more often than Tynisha within this space I cre­ated in April 2010 and I appre­ci­ate the love to the fullest!

DASHEEN mag­a­zine is YOU! And as such, I am priv­i­leged to tell YOUR story.

I make no dis­tinc­tion between those who are born and bred, or those who have been adopted. First gen­er­a­tion, sec­ond gen­er­a­tion, no rela­tion, you bet­ter know you’re wel­come to this Caribbean Fest!  Wher­ever we may call home, espe­cially for those of us who are not priv­i­leged to feel that tradewind car­ry­ing us through this life on the daily, this one is for us!

As some­one who was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, calls St. Croix, Vir­gin Islands a sec­ond home and lived and stud­ied in New York and now resides in Florida, I can attest to the Caribbean com­mu­nity and Dias­pora as global. I feel my roots here, and there, and I am ever proud to be called one out of many!

Stick with me as I ramp up activ­i­ties and con­tinue bring­ing you VIEWS, VOICES and VISION straight from the heart of DASHEEN.

Bless up!

Tynisha aka Dasheen

 

Last updated by Tynisha C. Leon on 10.

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14 Comments

  1. Love the new look of the site and your new photo. Work well done.

    • Thank you Nichelle! I appre­ci­ate you stop­ping by any­time to show love and offer encour­age­ment. The dream is big, but Jah knows the heart is ten­der still. Love to you and keep writ­ing. I’m read­ing you here and there. :)

    • Thank you! I’ve been think­ing about your post where you asked about that place of seren­ity. I very much intend to respond. Please don’t be a stranger, Haute Trav­els is hot on my agenda.

      To your suc­cess!
      Tynisha

  2. It was great meet­ing you at the RYSE launch. I love what you are doing! Keep it up. We’ll link up soon.

    • Davina!

      Wel­come my friend! It was such a con­fir­ma­tion last night. I was reflect­ing on how my thoughts to God were just brought to fruition so quickly. In a room full of bril­liance you were so bright and God allowed a con­nec­tion. For these things and more, I just remain thank­ful, hum­bled and ever blessed! Thank you for the words of encour­age­ment. Look­ing for­ward to linking.

      Tynisha

      • Tynisha,
        You are wel­come. You were actu­ally a great source of moti­va­tion and inspi­ra­tion for me. I was deeply moved by your pas­sion to fol­low your dreams.. You rock girl!
        I’ve tried the num­ber on your card and couldn’t connect.

  3. Hey Beau­ti­ful Queen!
    Make sure you stop by my place—You’re fea­tured as my SUNDAY BLOG LOVE this month—Thanks for encour­ag­ing and inspir­ing those who enter your life!!!
    Essen­se­Vibez recently posted..::sun­day blog love::

  4. LOVE CULTURE: Via SKN, STX, Vir­gin Islands, NY and Orlando, Florida. The build­ing don’t stand a chance with­out… http://t.co/USwO8pUS

  5. If you seek to inno­vate, pro­mote and con­tribute to posi­tioning a Caribbean peo­ple most pos­i­tively then… http://t.co/PT0BVXum

  6. It would be so easy to aggre­gate, a press release here, a press release there and no dis­re­spect to that hus­tle,… http://t.co/yJvIA1vl

  7. I’m enjoy­ing the jour­ney, perus­ing through this mul­ti­level path­way that’s replete with a plethora of pro­found thoughts and yet suc­cinct style. Love your self-expressive insights through which your con­fi­dence and cre­ativ­ity shines. Keep this amaz­ing project in motion! Strive to keep alive the Caribbean Con­nec­tion! Wish­ing you God’s best and blessed– in abundance!

  8. Lov­ing the site. Job well done! I expected noth­ing but the best.

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