Welcome back to The Business of POC - A Video Series Dedicated to Spotlighting Local Businesses!! This month we're highlighting Divas Beauty Studio in Hyannis - one stop shopping for all of your Hair, Nails, Up dos, Makeup, Lashes and Massage needs! Check out the video and hear about Maria's journey to becoming a business owner - we just love her energy!

Welcome to The Business of POC - A Video Series Dedicated to Spotlighting Local Businesses!! Shopzaviawalker is our first featured business and there is so much to learn about her brand and her journey - "WHERE STYLE MEETS SUSTAINABILITY, FOR EVERY BODY.. " Check out the video and go show Zavia some love!

Mrs. Sheril E. Smith is a proud mother of two adult children, a wife, and professional educator for the past 28 years. In 2006, Mrs. Smith migrated to the state of Georgia from Jamaica as an international teacher along with her family. As an educator, she taught in Macon GA for 13 years and attended Wallin University where she obtained her Master's in Education and Minored in Special Needs.

Mr. Roberts is from the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Both he and his wife migrated to the U.S. in 1995. Mr. Roberts is the Pastor of Marston Mills Community Church. Apart from the love for his community and natural giving nature of his personality, Mr. Roberts saw becoming a realtor another way he can give back in a very beneficial way.

JoMama’s Yarmouth is known for its famous New York Bagels. Their menu consists of both breakfast and lunch. A few items you can find on the menu include delicious bagels with flavored cream cheeses, breakfast sandwiches, cold and hot sandwiches, soups, coffee, smoothes, cookies, salads etc. and they also make catered sandwich plates for meetings!

Owner is 27 year old Danielle Blake, an immigrant from Jamaica, who lived on Nantucket for a period of time before moving to the mainland (Cape Cod). Danielle’s love for beauty started at a young age, playing with make-up and loving the idea that she can make a person feel so special with the touch of her own art.

As the Cape Cod community becomes enamored with the hoopla of the holidays, Amplify had the chance to catch up with Marcus Hendricks, owner of Wampanoag Shells, an indigenous-owned business that offers handmade and authentic Native jewelry and cuisine like stuffed quahogs.

Crishana Wright is an African American immigrant from Old Harbor, St Catherine in Jamaica, who moved to Cape Cod four years ago. In 2019 Crishana was preparing for her wedding but to her surprise, there wasn’t an ethnic stylist available on the Cape that could provide the service she wanted.

Although the Wampanoag Trading Post and Gallery, located at 20 North Street in Mashpee, recently opened this past year, co-owners Paula Peters and Danielle Hill have been serving their communities for years as members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.