Meet Our Team!

The Author
Candace M. Greenidge

Candace Greenidge was originally born in Queens, New York and partially raised in Newnan, Georgia. As a child, she was always eager to learn, an avid reader, and mimicked being a teacher as early as age 7, with pretend play with her twin sister and friends in her neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens. She began writing as a teenager. As a youth, it has always been a passion to write stories and poetry that would eventually turn to books or movies. She attended Clark Atlanta University as a Mass Communications major with focus on Radio, Television and Film, but life turned her to acquire a bachelor’s degree online at Ashford University and she later attained a master’s degree in Elementary Education at Walden University. She has been teaching elementary children in Georgia for over 15 years in writing and reading.

Currently, she resides in Atlanta, GA with her husband Antonio and 4 kids (pictured below), and still has a passion to educate, teaching 5th grade. The Magic in My Hair is the first children’s book she has published, but many more are to come centered around uplifting pride in who you are and invoking love for self and others.

The Illustrator
TaRarra M. Hill

TaRarra Hill is a storyteller at heart, a visual creator whose work weaves culture, family, and imagination into every line and color. A proud Jersey native, she grew up along the Shore where her love for art first took root. Raised in a creative family that believed in purpose and expression, she learned early that creativity is more than skill, it’s a way of seeing and shaping the world.

Now living in Atlanta with her husband, Brian, and their three children (pictured below), she continues to find inspiration in the balance between creativity, family, and community. Her illustrations explore identity, belonging, and joy, bringing stories to life through color and emotion.

The Magic in My Hair brings together storytelling and art in celebration of representation and cultural pride. The follow-up, The Magic in My Skin, honors her grandmother, Marvin Trapp, bold, beautiful, and unapologetically herself, who lived vibrantly with vitiligo and continues to inspire the family’s creative legacy. Through each project, the work reminds us all to stand proudly in our truth and embrace the magic within.