Tichanda Thompson is a multi-talented entrepreneur whose professional career spans the fields of fashion, beauty, entertainment and technology. She has honed her skills in marketing, sales, design event planning and media management over the past 15 years with companies like Maybelline, Jordache, The Children's Place, Jones Apparel Group and Li & Fung. Fashion Focus She co-founded Tiki Denim, a junior clothing line for girls that was carried in Dr.Jays and online retailers like RavinStyle. It was featured in publications like Teen Vogue and Sole Magazine. As a result of her success, Tichanda landed two reality television shows, Radical Sabbatical which aired on the Fine Living Channel and Ultimate Hustler which was produced by Damon Dash and aired on BET. Tichanda was not only a finalist; she was the last girl standing beating out 12 other contestants to make it to the live finale. An accomplished fashion and graphic designer having designed collections that are sold in Macy's, Kohl's, Walmart, Sears, JC Penney. She has worked with designers and stylists like Epperson and June Ambrose. Media Maven As a correspondent and freelance writer her work has been published at Mom.com, The Ybf.com, Maybelline.com, GirlontheStreet.com, as well as the Examiner.com where she is the Newark Fashion Examiner. She has covered and interviewed numerous celebrities for movie premiers, album release parties, and fashion events and for people including Nicole Miller, Queen Latifah, Common, Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson, Mary J, Blige, TI, Naughty by Nature and many others. Tichanda served as a Producer with Yellow Dog Productions a full service film and photography company that works with Getty Images, the world reknowned photo agency. Her duties included everything from scouting talent and locations to wardrobe and prop styling. She has also produced shoots for Cultura Images, a London based stock company. Tichanda also maintained her own family of blogs and websites including BlackStyleFile.com - a fashion site dedicated to celebrating people of color in the apparel industry as well as MochaBabyModels.com, a site for parents of color who are interested in breaking their children into the modeling and entertainment business. Model, Mom & MBA Tichanda is an accomplished model/actress having landed roles in ads and commercials for McDonalds, Graco, American Airlines, TV One, All State Insurance, Ab Roller as well as in publications like Essence, Ebony, Pregnancy and Newborn, Brides Noir, and Womens Wear Daily. She is also a mompreneur currently writing a book titled Mocha Baby Models, the insiders guide to getting your multi-culti kid a modeling career as well as managing the budding career of her 3 boys. Caleb and Bryce have been featured in ads and commercials for Babies R Us, All State Insurance, NJ Healthfirst, Graco as well as stock photography for Jose Alvarez Studios and Getty Images to name a few. Her most recent ventures includes the launch of Sugar Puddin Cafe, an online bakery specializing in cakes, cupcakes, cake pops, and cookies. An avid baker since childhood the unexpected career path has been an early success. Her company was featured in a national commercial for Walmart that ran exclusively on the Oprah Winfrey Network and most recently she appeared on ABC's The Chew. A fierce competitor, Tichanda is a 1999 graduate from the University of Virginia where she attended on a full track and field scholarship. She received a Bachelors degree in Foreign Affairs with a concentration in Latin America as well as Bachelors in Spanish. Tichanda received her Masters in Business Administration from Metropolitan College of New York in 2010 where she maintained a 3.86 GPA. Tichanda recently relocated to Memphis, TN with her husband Vaughn and her sons Caleb, Bryce and Dean.