The Real Hyde Park – Chicago Hyde Park
Short stories & photos of people in Chicago's Hyde Park Neighborhood
Meet Johari Noelle. Johari is a Southside, Chicago-bred singer renowned as much for the timbre of her voice as her biting honesty. She is an identical twin and the oldest of her 4 sisters. Continue reading “Johari Noelle: things you can’t say out loud”
Meet Dasha Guyton. Dasha is a wife, sister, daughter, feminist, friend, entrepreneur, and by trade, a legal assistant specializing in intergovernmental child support law. Continue reading “Dasha Guyton: helping to curate experiences and a wardrobe you love”
Meet Shontay Pinder. Shontay is an entrepreneur and the owner of PASSPORT by SP, a fashion company. Continue reading “Shontay Pinder: an entrepreneur and the owner of PASSPORT by SP”
Meet Liberty Jones. Liberty is a singer, songwriter, and creative director. Liberty’s debut EP, Peacemaker is available everywhere music is streaming. Continue reading “Liberty Jones: singer songwriter is most proud of her debut EP Peacemaker”
Meet Ivan Hairston. Ivan is a sought after professional unisex barber and stylist from the south side of Chicago. His brand is “Illustrious Cuts” and he cuts out of Hyde Park Barber Studio, located at 1431 E. Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago, IL 60615. Continue reading “Ivan Hairston: a sought after professional unisex barber and stylist”
Meet Nikki Streets. Nikki is a blogger with four of her best friends. Their lifestyle blog, Besties and Brunch, is food for the soul to the millennial women striving to live their best lives. They share their stories so that others understand that they’re all in this together. Continue reading “Nikki Streets: a Hyde Parker and lifestyle blogger”
Meet Marki Lemons-Ryhal. Marki is a licensed Managing Broker, REALTOR®, avid volunteer, and Major Donor. She is dedicated to all things real estate. Continue reading “Marki Lemons-Ryhal: a licensed Managing Broker dedicated to all things real estate”
Meet James T. Alfred. James is an award-winning American Actor, from the south side of Chicago. He has performed in thirty productions of plays in the American Theatre as well as Russia. James appears as Tyree on the FOX hit drama Empire. Continue reading “James T. Alfred: an award-winning American actor from the south side of Chicago”
Meet Linda Henley. Linda is a servant of God! She loves serving people and organizations. She is a people person and try to uplift their spirits whenever they are down. Linda loves Hyde Park, and this is where she lives, works, eats, shops and exercises. Continue reading “Linda Henley: a servant of God, a people person and a Chicago Hyde Parker”
Meet Grace Chan McKibben. Grace is a consultant who work with nonprofit organizations to help them clarify strategies, optimize operations, and raise funds. She has a very broad background that includes higher education, government, corporate, advocacy, social service, arts management, language and ethnographic research, writing, editing, language translation, and consulting. Continue reading “Grace Chan McKibben: nonprofit fundraising consultant, clarify strategies & operations optimizer”
Meet Keisha Howard. Keisha is a ‘geek of all trades,’ as her friends referred to her. She’s an entrepreneur, video gamer, and a futurist. Keisha is the founder of Sugar Gamers, a tech advocacy organization that focuses on video games and geek culture. Keisha is also the Market Development Manager for HTC VIVE (Virtual Reality System). Continue reading “Keisha Howard: An entrepreneur, video gamer, and a futurist”
Meet Ashley Jackson. Ashley is a User Experience Designer (UX), content creator, and business owner. As a UX Designer, she works to understand why and how people are using products to design more effective and usable products for them. Continue reading “Ashley Janelle: a UX designer and advocate for diversity in technology”