we are a multi-disciplinary online collective for women of African heritage across the globe. Distinguished Diva (DD) was created in 2011 by founder Adeola Naomi as a space to centralize the narrative around women of the African Diaspora in global media. DD has grown into a global community of healing, economic empowerment and creative opportunities. By dismantling the idea of boundaries, the DD collective connects women both virtually as a place of storytelling and through international programming through events hosted from NYC, to Ghana, to Nigeria to Greece, to Germany, the UK, Belgium with more locations planned for the future.
![Meet the team](http://www.distinguisheddiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/230518_header_FrontPage_ANGEPASST.jpg)
Who we are
Adéọlá Naomi Adérè̩mí
Editor in Chief & Founder
Danielle Rosales
Design and Visual Language
Svetlana Onye
writer and singer/songwriter
Asma Khalifa
Politics
Simmone Ahiaku
Resident Writer