Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Leslie Hunter-Gadsden is a journalist and educator with over 25 years experience writing for print and online publications. She has covered business and a variety of topics for several consumer and trade publications and media outlets including Next Avenue, Black Enterprise magazine and Sisters from AARP newsletter.

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Work & Purpose

Why People of Color Feel the Loneliest at Work

Kim Ashby Fowler

Delving into a key survey's findings and offering solutions

MAY 18, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Part-Time Business in Retirement

At-home entrepreneur

Avoiding these potential goofs will raise your chance of success

APRIL 21, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

Starting a Business in Retirement: Using a Lawyer

Lawyer shaking hands with older couple.

The legal hoops you'll need to jump through to launch

MARCH 19, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

5 Businesses You Could Start in Retirement for Under $5,000

Nancy Clarke, now a consultant

Experts offer advice on how to launch them from home

FEBRUARY 27, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

Best Tech Tools for a Home-Based Retirement Business

techno gadgets

Experts suggest these apps and services to launch and grow businesses

JANUARY 30, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

Starting a Part-Time Retirement Business Before You Retire

Part-Time Business

This strategy can lower your risk as an entrepreneur

JANUARY 2, 2020 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Living

Meeting Misty Copeland, My ‘Shero’

Misty Coepland

During a health crisis, a connection with the famed ballerina brings joy

OCTOBER 7, 2019 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Living

Speaking Her Students’ Language

Classroom

A teacher and journalist offers a multicultural perspective in the classroom

FEBRUARY 20, 2019 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

The Troubling News About Black Women in the Workplace

Close-up of a smiling elderly African American woman at work

What a LeanIn/McKinsey study found about mistreatment by managers

NOVEMBER 6, 2018 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Living

Childhood Memories of Racial Discrimination

Racial Discrimination

In the '70s, she and her mom helped break the color barrier in a New York apartment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Living

My Mom: My First Superstar

Mother

A strong and stylish mother left a lasting impression

MAY 8, 2018 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Living

Walking In My Great-Grandmother’s Footsteps

great-grandmother

Honoring the Irish and Jamaican immigrants in a diverse family tree

NOVEMBER 20, 2017 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Work & Purpose

Career Shift: How to Become a Substitute Teacher

Man substitute teaching

The part-time job offers decent pay and lots of flexibility

DECEMBER 30, 2013 | By Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Sponsored

Woman worried about money

Money & Policy

How to Invest Safely During COVID-19

The Friends Talk Money podcast hosts on stocks, bonds, bank CDs and advisers

Special Report

Four long-term survivors of HIV: Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth

Still Here, Still Positive

A series on America's first generation aging with HIV/AIDS

Presented by

Special Report

Group of older adults enjoying coffee at a coffee house.

In Good Company

We all feel lonely at times. But it doesn't have to be that way.