Trin­bag­on­ian-born US tele­vi­sion per­son­al­i­ty Shaee­da Sween was the fea­tured speak­er at Brunch With WE host­ed by Guardian Me­dia’s WE mag­a­zine in col­lab­o­ra­tion with CNC3 at Rasam Restau­rant on Au­gust 3.

Sween mi­grat­ed to the Unit­ed States to mar­ry Bi­lal Hazz­iez whom she met on­line. The Mus­lim cou­ple’s sto­ry was fea­tured on 90 Day Fi­ancé.

The cer­ti­fied yo­ga in­struc­tor, who goes by the so­cial me­dia name @Westin­di­an­bel­la, shared her ex­pe­ri­ences and chal­lenges with guests.

Host­ed by Break­ing Stereo­types pre­sen­ter Kristy Ram­nar­ine, the event brought to­geth­er women from var­i­ous re­li­gious, cul­tur­al and pro­fes­sion­al back­grounds.

Em­pow­er­ing sto­ries were shared by con­tent cre­ator Tshenelle Bethel Pe­ters, pres­i­dent-elect of the Wa­ter and Waste­water As­so­ci­a­tion Can­dice San­tana, and Hum­ming Bird (Gold) re­cip­i­ent Mar­va John-Lo­gan, co-founder of the Ryu Dan Youth Em­pow­er­ment Foun­da­tion.

Lake Man­age­ment Con­cepts wowed guests with its whim­si­cal theme while guests were giv­en a taste of Rasam’s new con­ti­nen­tal menu of­fer­ings.

Spon­sors in­clud­ed Dos Bros, Look In­to My Eyes Pho­tog­ra­phy, Ri­ta Juices, Cream­ery, AM­CO, Cetaphil, Nestlé, Aya Styler, ThinkPink Cos­met­ics, and Green Best.