Dr. Dominique M. Carson, LMP, is an award-winning freelance journalist, licensed massage practitioner, author, and orator. Carson's work has been featured in several publications, including Ebony.com, The Grio, NBC News, Singersroom.com, Bleu Magazine, Virginian Pilot, Preferred Health Magazine, Soultrain.com, Education Update, and Brooklyn news media outlets. She has interviewed over 100 notable figures in entertainment, such as Charlie Wilson, Regina Belle, Patti Labelle, Kirk Franklin, and many more. She also collaborated with Brooklyn historian and journalist Suzanne Spellen and launched a 118-page journal on Lefferts Manor, a neighborhood in Brooklyn. Carson also served as Program and Communications Coordinator for Man Up! Inc., a nonprofit organization in East New York, Brooklyn. While at the organization, she received a citation from the New York City Council and the "It's My Park Award" from the Partnership for Parks for community engagement in her hometown, East New York, Brooklyn. In November 2020, she released her first solo book, a biography on R&B icon Jon B titled "Jon B: Are You Still Down." Although published independently, "Jon B: Are You Still Down" was an Amazon Hot New Release in One Hour Biography and Memoirs Short Reads. It was also featured in Book Authority's 7 Best New R&B Music Books To Read, Goodreads, and Readers' Favorite in 2021. A year after the Covid-19 pandemic, she participated in the National Women's History Museum's journaling project titled "Women Writing History: A Coronavirus Journaling Project." In a 42-page journal, she shared how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life and career as a media analyst and massage provider.
Carson graduated from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College, with her bachelor's and master's degrees before age 25. She was also the first African American to receive the Brooklyn College Wall of Fame award in the winter of 2011. Her post-college life consists of writing articles and books and adding another venture, massage therapy. In 2019, she received her Associate of Applied Science degree and license in Massage Therapy from CUNY Queensborough Community College. She can practice massage with her credentials in her hometown, New York City, 44 other states, and Puerto Rico. She has received numerous awards, including 2x Author All-Star, the Global Iconic Changemaker Award, The Empowered Woman Award, and the Global Recognition Award for her editorial and health/wellness work. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism from the Global International Alliance Advocate University in Spring 2024. Her story has been featured in prestigious media outlets such as Sheen Magazine, Impact Magazine, Femi Magazine, Industry Times, and Forbes, as well as VoyageLA, ShoutoutLA, and Bold Journey.
Although the East New York Brooklyn native accomplished several milestones, she endured setbacks; she was hearing impaired as a child, experienced a severe asthma attack as a child that put her life at stake, was a survivor of child sexual abuse, lost one of her high school classmates to suicide, lost seven family members before she was 25, had to revive her career as a massage practitioner after her second career was shut down temporarily due to the pandemic, learned how to adjust in Virginia, the Old Dominion state during the pandemic in April 2020 after leaving her hometown, New York City, her comfort zone for 29 years, endured a near-fatal car accident in February 2023, and lost her teenage friend and sister to breast cancer in August 2023. But, through it all, she credits her Heavenly Father for His everlasting mercy, goodness, and grace over her life. The scriptures Matthew 19:26 and Jeremiah 29:11 motivate her to push through when life can sometimes be problematic. She also pays homage to close-knit family, friends, mentors, and colleagues for truly celebrating her deportment and journey. She understands that her accolades are prestigious and well-deserving; however, she wants her story to encourage everyone, especially East New York natives, that along with success comes responsibility, and you have to produce and aim to be efficient in and out of the workplace. Carson's mission is to facilitate people's lives with her hands and words. Dr. Dominique M. Carson, LMP Linktr.ee/dom0922
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