FROM THE MID 70’S UNTIL 2000, YOU COULDN’T FLIP THRU THE PAGES OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE WITHOUT CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF EDITOR AND CHIEF SUSAN TAYLOR. HER VIBRANT SMILE, FLAWLESS SKIN AND BEAUTIFUL BRAIDS WERE AN ESSENCE STAPLE. AND TAYLOR WAS THE DRIVING FORCE. BUT SHE LEFT THE MAGAZINE TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO HER OTHER PASSION, HER FOUNDATION FOR AT RISK CHILDREN. OUR LISA GODLEY RECENTLY SPOKE TO TAYLOR ABOUT LIFE AFTER ESSENCE AND MESSAGE OF EMPOWERMENT SHE’LL DELIVER WHEN SHE VISITS HAMPTON ROADS FOR A WOMEN’S CONFERENCE ON MARCH 14TH.