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Kimberly Seals Allers has a passion for motherhood. She is today’s premiere authority on issues relating to
mothers of color, author of The Mocha Manual series of books and editor in chief of MochaManual.com, the fast growing web-based publication and lifestyle destination for today’s African American moms and moms-to-be. A popular mommy blogger, Kimberly also writes for MomLogic.com and BabyCenter.com and is the Pregnancy channel leader for LifetimeMoms.com, the website of the A&E Television Network.
Her NAACP Image Award nominated book, The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy (Amistad/HarperCollins) is the first-of-its kind guidebook for Black women. The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit –How to Find and Grow Your Side Hustle in any Economy (Amistad/HarperCollins) is a must-read for aspiring female entrepreneurs and has been featured on CNN, FOX news,the Tom Joyner Morning Show and other national and local media outlets. The third bookin the series isThe Mocha Manual to Military Life--A Savvy Guide for Wives, Girlfriends and Female Service Members.
She is also founder of The Mocha Manual Company, the emerging brand for African American women, featuring MochaManual.com, the Mocha Manual maternity and new dad tee shirt line, and the Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy DVD, sold nationwide at Wal-mart and Acme Supermarkets. The Mocha Manual Company also provides data and proprietary research on the underserved market of moms of color.
An award winning journalist, Kimberly previously served as senior editor, personal finance and careers, at Essence magazine and also served as host of Essence’s nationwide Work & Wealth events, where she conducted live “talk show” style workshops about money & life in various cities. Prior to joining Essence, Kimberly was a reporter and staff writer for Fortune magazine, the New York Post, and as a business writer for The Times of London. She is also a graduate of the Knight Bagehot Fellowship for Business and Economics Journalism at Columbia University.
Her freelance work has appeared in Ladies Home Journal, The New York Daily News, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens Family Money, The Independent (London), Fortune, Pregnancy and others. She is also a co-author of Giving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace, published by Josey Bass.
The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy has been extensively featured in the international, national and local press, including Ebony, Pregnancy, and Essence magazines, and the UK’s New Nation, Guardian, and The Voice newspapers.
Seals Allers holds a BA from New York University, and a M.S. from Columbia University. A Queens, New York native, she currently resides in Bay Shore, New York with her two children—nine-year-old Kayla Rebecca and five-year-old Michael Jaden.
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