Beauty and Brains:

Today I interviewed Brianna Simmons, a 21 year old senior from Charleston, South Carolina who majors in Broadcasting Communications at South Carolina State University. On her journey around  the campus of South Carolina State, she's involved in various organizations such as, The Student Media Crew, Media Relations, SGA also known as the Student Government Association, and Media Advocacy.

Miss Simmons also mentioned that "her motivation is her family and Oprah Winfrey." Her family plays a huge part because "she's very family oriented and in tact with her family members which helps her stay focused and ambitious." Her inspiration of Oprah Winfrey reflects on her desire to become to a news reporter for the companies of TMZ or E-News.

She mentioned some of her interests were the news, gossip, entertainment from social media or current events, celebrities, the color pink, home cooked meals, and prominent inspirational speakers to help move herself and others forward. Referring to the entertainment of her interest, the shows Empire, and Scream Queens have seem to have caught her attention.

Referring to her choice of music, Brianna has a wide genre of music which reflects on gospel, R&B, and rap. Some of her favorite artists are Erykah Badu, Jhene Aiko, SZA, and Drake. She also enjoys to watch movies,and travel. She mentioned that she traveled to the states of California, Florida, Texas, Savannah, GA and New York City, NY, with an exception of being born in Germany on August 21 of 1994, due to her parents being in the military. Some of her favorite movies are Wizard of Oz, Beyond the Lights, and Enemy.

Some of the unique attributes that stood out about Miss Simmons was her positive attitude, creative sense of style, her versatile personality, her intelligence and her broad smile.