Just in time for this weekend’s highly anticipated Rising Affluent conference, we’re sitting down with one of the event’s brilliant guest speakers, Miss Demetria Lucas. As our favorite relationship expert slash life coach slash journalist (you’re not a true New Yorker without the slash title), Demetria gives us the skinny on her recent transition from Corporate America to fly female entrepreneurship. Less than a year into her bold career move, the future couldn’t be brighter for this ambitious scribe. Get up close and personal with A Belle in Brooklyn today on In Her Shoes!

Looking for something to get into next Saturday? Young adults in the Tri-State area are invited to connect with thought leaders and influencers at the 2nd Annual Rising Affluent Conference at Columbia University Faculty House (64 Morningside Drive, New York City) on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM. Masterminded by Kyle McCullers and Michael Cooper, the Rising Affluent Advancement and Achievement Conference is the premier conference event for young professionals to network, grow, and develop themselves for professional advancement and personal achievement