Do you want to be a part of the next edition?

               Charronda Hairston was born and raised in Mississippi.  She is the daughter of Jennifer Hairston and the late Charles R. Hairston.  Charronda is also the proud mother of Alyria Denis, who will be graduating from high school in December.  As an aspiring business owner and the founder of Radian Dreams Healing & Gifts, LLC, she says that sharing the tools and knowledge with others as they take their own path to greatness is awe-inspiring. 

     After graduating from Pascagoula High School, Charronda obtained her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemistry from Alcorn State University.  She worked as a chemist for several years before leaving the industry for a career in education.  She taught Chemistry and Physics at Moss Point High School and then at her alma mater, Pascagoula, and taught aerospace engineering and robotics.  “I have always been told I love a project, so even though I loved teaching and helping students reach their dreams, leaving the safety net to pursue a dream of working for myself and helping others has been one of my biggest and most rewarding accomplishments,” she says.

     Charronda also loves to travel, cook, read, and make her friends and family smile.  With Radiant Dreams Healing & Gifts, she has an abundance of opportunities to do just that.  She says, “I established Radiant Dreams in 2020 during the pandemic.  I wanted to bring a metaphysical store to the Mississippi Gulf Coast that was non-judgmental and focused on personal individual healing.”  

     Garbo Watson Hearne is a native Arkansan, born and raised in El Dorado, but currently lives in Little Rock. Her parents were both educators and stressed the value of education and reading. Garbo received a BSN in Nursing from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in 1983.  Her better half is Archie Hearne III, MD, and together they have four children and three grandchildren. 

     Dr. Hearne is a native Californian and has been a family practice physician in Arkansas since 1983. He was the impetus for opening a Black art gallery in Arkansas. He was educated on collecting by Chico State University professor and printmaker Marion Epting. Kenneth Williamson, a Memphis artist, challenged Archie and Garbo to open a gallery in Little Rock to fill a niche. He answered the challenge, and in doing so, Garbo put her aspirations to become a nurse anesthetist on hold to open and manage the gallery’s day-to-day business and provide their children a cultural haven to be exposed and nurtured.