Leslie Mayes

New York

Reporter at WVIT-TV (West Hartford, CT)

Creator #ConnecticutInColor | DC Native 🏛🌸 | @StJohnsU & @NY1 Alum 🗽| #NABJ | Instagram: LeslieMayesTV

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Articles

Enfermera de Connecticut escribe libro para las latinas en la enfermería

Oct 26, 2023 | telemundonuevainglaterra.com | Leslie Mayes

Un grupo de enfermeras, liderado por una de Connecticut, decidió reunir en un libro las experiencias que comparten como parte de un grupo demasiado pequeño: las latinas en enfermería. Tina Loarte Rodríguez, directora asociada de salud y equidad del Hospital Yale New Haven, es una de los más de 4 millones de personas que constituyen la columna vertebral del sistema de salud de Estados Unidos; ella es enfermera.
Connecticut nurses write book to empower Latina nursing community

Oct 25, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes |Lia Holmes

A group of nurses, led by one right here in Connecticut, decided to use their words to represent the experiences they share as a part of a group far too small, Latinas in nursing. Tina Loarte Rodriguez, the associate director of health and equity at the Yale New Haven Hospital, is one of more than four million people who make up the backbone of America's healthcare system, she's a nurse. The book "Latinas in Nursing" aims to shorten the disparity of Latinas within nursing.
Pratt & Whitney executive and West Hartford community leader Earl Exum passes away

Oct 18, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

Earl Exum passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 1, 2023. He was 55 years old. The husband of state representative Tammy Exum and father of three sons was a chairman at Pratt & Whitney and champion of excellence and diversity in aerospace. He sat on the boards of the Urban League of Greater Hartford and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. As leader of the West Hartford African American Social and Cultural Organization, he helped to create a memorial dedicated to Lemuel Haynes.
The Hat House by Brothers Jonson 1929 Hat Co. opens in Hartford

Oct 18, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

A brand new clothing retailer is opening in Hartford’s North End on Garden Street. The Hat House by Brothers Johnson 1929 Hat Company pays tribute to its founders’ heritage while supporting the community today. AJ Johnson, pastor and community activist, is one half of the “Brothers” brand and calls the new endeavor an important way of not just living, but really investing in Hartford.
‘Hartford Girls Rock!’ aims to help teen girls reach their full potential

Sep 27, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

In Hartford, there is a leadership institute dedicated to helping high school girls reach their unique and highest potential. It’s led by women in the capital city’s chapter of the nation’s oldest Black sorority. Hartford Girls Rock! That’s the name of, and message behind, a special leadership program led by the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated’s Epsilon Omicron Omega chapter through the Foundation for Educational Opportunities.
‘Grow to Eat’: Bridgeport urban farmers teach people to grow their own food

Sep 20, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

For Richard Myers and Shawn Joseph, making sure that everyone knows farmers can be many things - including two young guys from Bridgeport - is what it’s all about. And when it comes to growing what you eat, they’re firm believers we can all do it. ‘We just want people to know that they can grow their own food, that they can have control and say so over what they consume, and how it's grown,” Joseph said.
Hartford church leader uses music and faith to encourage bone marrow donation

Sep 6, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

This weekend, Billy Powell is hoping that the music of his faith that’s sustained his family in a trying time will bring the community together to rejoice – and learn more about becoming organ donors. For Powell and his wife Joi, in 2021, everything changed when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. Then in just 12 months’ time, he received a cancer diagnosis as well. He has a rare form of lymphoma.
Meriden schools prepare for potential bus driver strike

Aug 31, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

Meriden public school bus drivers represented by the Teamsters and New Britain Transportation Company have until 11:59 Thursday night to reach a deal for a new contract and avoid a strike. The two sides are at odds over wages, according to union members and representatives who were out on a practice picket line on the Berlin Turnpike Thursday.
Lactation consultant helps Black mothers on breastfeeding journey

Aug 23, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

Friday marks the start of Black Breastfeeding week and in Connecticut, one professional lactation consultant has made it her mission to teach Black women that they can breastfeed and there is support from people who look like them to do it. Danielle Freeman is the founder of Milkin’ Melanin Lactation Services, which is dedicated to helping mothers on their breastfeeding journey. She started it in 2021 after realizing some of the disparities among new mothers.
West Hartford’s first recreational cannabis retailer set to open

Jul 26, 2023 | nbcconnecticut.com | Leslie Mayes

Derrick Gibbs and Carl Tirella Jr. are friends and business partners that are now just days away from making West Hartford’s first recreational cannabis retailer a reality. Their store, Budr Cannabis, opens Monday, July 31. It is the first of five they intend to open in Connecticut. They say they want to change how people look at cannabis, as the legal recreational use of it grows in this state and nationwide.