MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR JANUARY

ROSELYN MUNIZ

Roselyn Muñiz is a producer of a community engagement show called We The People at WKYC Studios. The broadcast is hosted by Leon Bibb and Kierra Cotton. As the producer of We The People, Roselyn introduces viewers to local volunteer opportunities. The show airs every Sunday morning from 7:30 to 8 a.m. 

In June 2022, Muñiz was awarded three NATAS Central Great Lakes Chapter Emmy Awards for producing a Hispanic Heritage month promo. In April 2021, she co-founded the Greater Cleveland Chapter of Hispanic Journalists, and in April 2022 the organization was recognized by NAHJ as the emerging chapter of the year. In August 2022, Muñiz was awarded second place Society of Professional Journalists award for her help in producing a documentary that covered the first graduating class at the I Promise School.

Muñiz is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. ​ She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.

TIARRA BRADDOCK

Tiarra Braddock is a TV reporter at Cleveland 19 News. She came to the land in January 2020. Before coming to Cleveland, Braddock was a reporter at WJET 24 News in Erie, PA. Braddock was the court beat reporter and she covered high-profile murder trials and cases that happened in Erie County.

Braddock also covered the devastating Erie daycare fire that killed five young children in 2019. Multiple laws regarding smoke detectors and daycares were created after news coverage of that fire. Before making her way to Erie, Braddock spent time in Flint and Saginaw as a reporter covering the Flint Water Crisis and other news in mid-Michigan.

Braddock hails from the Ann Arbor, Michigan area and is a proud graduate of Ithaca College.

In her spare time, Tiarra loves to read books and writes reviews on her book blog called “Turn The Page”.

– a legal consulting and event planning firm representing clients in the areas of Housing, Government Ethics, Contracts, Organizational Development, and Small Business Consulting.

Delanté currently serves as President of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association, the premier organization for Black legal professionals in Northeast Ohio.

SAMIRA SAMONE

Samira Samone is a proud-born, and raised Clevelands Eastside resident and a Cleveland Metropolitan School District graduate. She received her Bachelor’s in urban and regional planning and a Master’s in Urban Planning and Development with a certification in GIS from Cleveland State University, Levin College of Urban Affairs. 

Her passion as a practitioner for Urban Planning is informed by the desire to work alongside communities to create thriving, healthy, and connected communities through a racial equity lens. In her current role, Samira serves as the Inaugural Director of the Cleveland Tree Coalition, a collaborative group of public, private, and community stakeholders partnered with the City of Cleveland to rebuild our urban forest.

CHARRON LEEPER

Charron Leeper is a multi-disciplinary creative consultant and entrepreneur. She holds a BS in Graphic Design from Radford      University where she studied on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. She owns and operates Perfect Pineapple® a head wrap and hair accessory brand founded in 2018 with her products being currently sold online and in three local retail locations in the greater Cleveland area.

As a Creative Consultant, Leeper works with non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, and public personalities, bringing her passion for art to their branding, marketing, wardrobe styling, or creative direction needs via her second business, Agency 33, an emerging full-service Branding and Marketing Firm.