envisioning Wealth and Legacy for girls and women of color

BMW Portfolio enterprises and founder Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz 

have been recognized across cultural, musical, academic, and journalistic platforms. 

The work and influence have been featured, quoted, profiled, and cited in publications 

such as Time Magazine, Billboard, The Source, Curve Magazine, Nylon Magazine, 

and Jane Magazine, as well as in newspapers including the New York Daily News, 

Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, and Post & Courier. 

The contributions of BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz enterprises 

Hip Hop Women‘s Progressive Movement™️ and Black Grrrl Revolution™️ 

to multicultural and music history appear in academic anthologies such as 

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in America and Role Cole: 

A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art, 

and her early community and creative work has been documented 

in university outlets like The Barnard Bulletin. 

Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz’s legacy has been highlighted on television through 

the iconic Video Music Box with Ralph McDaniels—underscoring a lifelong presence on 

the cutting edge of the intersections of art, music, women‘s, fashion, and hip-hop history.

Media Features, Mentions & Citations — Since 1990
BMW Portfolio enterprises & Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz have been featured, interviewed, quoted, profiled, or cited in the following publications, newspapers, anthologies, and television programs:

• Billboard Magazine
• Blu Magazine
• Blu Magazine Compilation
• Curve Magazine—The Ani DiFranco Issue
• FUBU Online Magazine
• Jane Magazine—The Outkast Issue
• Ms. Magazine
• Nylon Magazine
• Sister 2 Sister Magazine
• The Source Magazine
• Time Magazine
• The Village Voice

• Chicago Sun-Times
• Daily Freeman
• Moultrie News
• Los Angeles Times
• New York Daily News
• The New York Times
• Post & Courier
• Times Herald Record

• The Hilltop Newspaper
• The Barnard Bulletin

• Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in America (Anthology)
• Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art

• Video Music Box with Ralph McDaniels
• Y2K — Pilot TV Show with Dr. Dre of Yo! MTV Raps
• NY-1 

The intellectual alignment of BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz 

with renowned academic and arts institutions across strata has been established 

through invited lectures, panel appearances, and keynote:

Smith College • Wesleyan University • New York University • Yale University • University of Wisconsin• Vassar College • Howard University • Hobart & William Smith Colleges • El Puente High School • Hunt’s Point Middle School • Danny Simmons’ Art  Gallery •

The Union Institute—Washington, D.C.

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz includes performances throughout 

New York City—at multicultural folk music and spoken-word venues and events:

N’kiru Books • Brooklyn Moon Café • Koko Bar • CBGB’s Café • Three of Cups • 

Rainy Days Café • Nuyorican Poets Café • The Spence School •

Voice training with Richard Hilty and Melissa Cross

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz has been recognized across dance, feminism, arts innovation, and cultural vision — receiving competitive scholarships, foundation grants, and artistic accolades that honor both talent and purpose-driven creativity:

Igal Perry PeriDance Summer Scholarship
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Summer Scholarship
Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Scholarship
Third Wave Feminism Foundation Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant
The Union Institute Audre Lorde Legacy Award
Showstopper Dance Competition — First Place, Advanced Ballet
(choreographed by pre-Taylor Swift-Tyce Diorio)

Each of these honors functioned not only as recognition — but as seed capital and 

living proof that scholarships become sovereignty — grants become legacy — 

and talent, when stewarded, becomes generational investment strategy.

BMW Portfolio founder Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz’ professional background reflects cultural investment—spanning education, music, fashion, hospitality, commerce, media, and publishing. 

Each environment influencing the visual, social, economic, and aesthetic ethos of 

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz:

Education & Artistic Foundation
NYC High School of Performing Arts • NYC Classical Dance Training (Madame Darvash • Steps 74th Street • Broadway Dance Center • Acting Representation by Steve Carson & Kathy McComb

The Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and Museum

Music, Media & Cultural Production
Red Zone • VH-1 • Red Alert Productions • Soul Records / MCA • Tommy Boy Records / MCA •

Hannibal Records / Rykodisc • Juanita Stephens Public Relations

Fashion, Retail & Cultural Commerce
Tahari at World Trade Center • Barneys New York • Galeries Lafayette • Henri Bendel

Hospitality, Culinary Arts & NYC Cultural Landmarks
Clementine at One Fifth Avenue • The Odeon • B. Smith’s • Jezebel’s Kitchen

Education, Publishing & Institutional History
The Spence School • Scholastic • Atlas Editions–Colliers • Omega Institute

Scholastic — Education
Institutional systems & pedagogical authority

NYC High School of Performing Arts — Classical Arts
Discipline, embodiment, and endurance as economic practice

Madame Darvash / Steps 74th / Broadway Dance Center
Elite classical arts training & character formation

Tahari at World Trade Center — Fashion & Retail
Global markets & export design

Barneys New York — Luxury Retail
High-end consumer psychology

Galeries Lafayette — International Fashion
European commerce & curation

Henri Bendel — Trend Forecasting
Brand positioning & cultural pulse

Clementine at One Fifth Avenue — Hospitality
C-suite administrative, social and culinary management, 

couture server uniform design with Banana Republic, and 

cultural representation at Manhattan’s iconic locale.

The Odeon — Cultural Landmark Dining
Timelessness as economic asset

B. Smith’s — Black-Female-Owned Hospitality
Ownership, representation & equity

Jezebel’s Kitchen — Black-Female-Owned Heritage
Afro-diasporic economic autonomy

The Spence School — Elite Education
Generational wealth & access

Atlas Editions–Colliers — Publishing
Legacy, distribution & archival frameworks

Red Zone — Music Venue
Post-Studio 54 legendary Brahms family employment.—

Mr. & Mrs. Brahms modeled business as kind and mentoring.

VH-1 — Mass Media & Cultural Programming
Broadcast power dynamics & narrative control

Red Alert Productions — Hip-Hop Legacy Building
Grassroots promotions as economic uprising

Soul Records / MCA — Hip-Hop Label Operations
Distribution, negotiation & catalog value

Tommy Boy Records / MCA — Recording Artist Development
The blueprint of power — c-suite assistance, contracts, IP—

 Administrative proximity = economic fluency

Hannibal Records / Rykodisc — Independent Music Distribution
Alternative & Afro-diasporic World Music artists‘ sovereignty

Juanita Stephens Public Relations — NYC Female-led PR Firm

 The power of narrative through artist interpretation and copywriting  

Each salary, paycheck, booking fee, and honoraria is an act of independence and investment in 

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz. From luxury retail floors to legendary 

dining rooms, from scholastic halls to Fifth Avenue ateliers, BMW Portfolio founder 

Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz traversed America’s corporate industries 

not as an employee but as a cultural and creative architect of

wealth and legacy for girls and women of color.

NYC Socialite & Brand Alignment

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz is aesthetically influenced by the iconic New York City club scene of the late 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s— as living laboratories of multiculturalism, beauty, fashion, music, creativity, event production, and party promotion—transforming socialite into sociocultural testimony and reflection of iconic New York City establishments:

The World • Mars • MK • The Tunnel • Sound Factory • SOB’s • Indochine • 6 Bond St • Temple Bar • The Lion’s Den • Milky Way • Hotel Amazon • Palladium • Jerry’s Diner (Soho NYC)  • Time Cafe •

The Saint • Daddy’s House by Puff Daddy  • 1018 •  Caffe Dell’ Artista • The Coffee Shop

Milestone birthdays were documented as cultural rites of passage:

Reign Nightclub (20th) • Nell’s (25th) • Bar’do (29th)

Photographic Legacy by Iconic Photographers

The photographic legacy of BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz 

spans hip-hop, fashion, editorial, activism, and historic reportage — captured 

by world-renowned and award-winning photographers across multiple genres:

Daniel Hastings • Jonathan Mannion • Angela Boatwright • Kesha Bruce • 

Dith Pran (Killing Fields, Award of Excellence, Pulitzer Prize Photojournalist)

Daniel Hastings — Famed Hip-Hop Photographer
Photographed Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as a model, singer-songwriter, 

and founder of BMW Portfolio enterprise Moore Awareness Productions™.

Jonathan Mannion — Iconic Hip-Hop Visual Strategist
Photographed Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as a model, hip-hop pioneer, 

singer-songwriter, and founder of BMW Portfolio enterprise Swarm Tour™.

Angela Boatwright — Punk / Skate / It Girl Culture Chronicler

Photographed Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as a model and it-girl founder 

of BMW Portfolio’s Black Grrrl Revolution™ for Jane Magazine — a subcultural 

iconography of a deeper, strategic vision of the “it-girl” — an intersection 

of activism, entrepreneurship, beauty, style and the elevation 

and legacy of girls and women of color.

Kesha Bruce — Art Photographer of Black Feminine Presence
Photographed Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as a model, singer-songwriter, 

music industry survivor, activist, and founder of BMW Portfolio enterprise 

Black Grrrl Revolution™ for Curve Magazine—Ani DiFranco issue.

Dith Pran — Pulitzer Prize Photojournalist
(The Killing Fields, International Award of Excellence)
Documented Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as a model, activist, and founder of 

BMW Portfolio enterprise Problackgrrrl Movement for Universal Freedom™— 

speaking at the Puerto Rican Day Parade Rally — The New York Times.

BMW Portfolio—culturally documented in photojournalism by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz— envisions wealth and legacy for girls and women of color. Its archive—built from grassroots documentation to institutional coverage—captures society with rare precision—

revealing what power conceals and documenting what the world overlooks.

A deeply committed photojournalist, BMW Portfolio founder Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz goes under-the-radar to capture the inner workings of society and culture with a level of investigation 

and relentless precision rarely seen in contemporary reportage—prolific and artistic— 

documenting every moment and detail of life’s experiences.

The B. Wojnarowicz Photojournalism™️ approach reflects a rare duality: 

insider access paired with outsider clarity, and the mantra of being

“blessed and honored to bear witness” life at a personal level, 

community level, industry, and cultural revolution level.

BMW Portfolio founder Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz‘ photojournalism muse in exile 

has been motherhood—as purpose, sentiment, creative force, and radical site of genius. 

In the maternal-photography traditions of Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang (The Mother as Creator), 

Sally Mann, and Dorothea Lange, B. Wojnarowicz Photojournalism™️ documents mixed, 

multicultural and multilingual family, youth genius, homeschooling, immersion 

in arts, rituals of home, and everyday life, beauty and revolution.

The interactions, industries, and experiences within the BMW Portfolio history has been 

documented in memoir form by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz for BMW Portfolio 

enterprise Unheard Girl Publishing™️ — ensuring that no history is lost, 

no lesson is wasted, and no experience goes undocumented.

Each Unheard Girl Publishing™️ memoir by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz 

is a literary testimony, and as a collection they form a living archive and 

definitive body of work claiming BMW Portfolio and its founder 

Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz as witnessed, 

archived, claimed, and heard.

What others overlook becomes legacy
What others deny becomes literature

What others erase becomes record.

BMW Portfolio by Brigétte Michelle Wojnarowicz has generated a powerful constellation of responses — including testimonials, praise, letters of support, and personal accounts from artists, academics, attorneys, journalists, authors, cultural workers, and visionary leaders.

“A woman-child genius.”
— Kervin A. Simms, Entertainment Attorney

“Brigétte’s fly.”
— Rosie Perez, Founder of The Fly Girls

“You rock!”

(hand-signatured on Def American letterhead)

— Cey Adams, Visual Artist & Co-Founder, Def Jam Creative 

“Brigétte’s a genius.”
— Kevin Maxwell, A&R, Tommy Boy Records

“A revolutionary voice whose time has come.”
— Pearl Cleage, Playwright & Author

“That’s my brilliant Beemer.”
— Monica Lynch, President, Tommy Boy Records
(“Beemer” boss’s nickname—slang for BMW, years before W initial.)

“Who’s her mom? Any mother of hers should be working for me.”
— Russell Simmons, Co-Founder, Def Jam

“I see you coming up in my shadow.”
— Sista Souljah, Activist, Writer, & Recording Artist

“Brigétte, congratulations, you’re everywhere.”
— Rebecca Walker, Author

“Anyone who looks like you should be singing.”
— Pattie Devries, A&R, Sony

“Your songs made me and my daughters cry.”
— Sonya Sohn, Spoken Word Artist, Actress, & Filmmaker

“You‘re giving birth to an illuminati.”
— Saul Williams, Spoken Word Artist, Actor, & Author

“You are the prettiest Black girl I’ve ever seen in my life.”
— Mary J. Blige, SIR Studios Rehearsal, NYC

“You have remarkable resilience.”
— Sean (Love) Combs, Legendary Mogul, Producer, Artist, & Activist

“You have a powerful and inspiring life story.”
— Sean (Love) Combs, Legendary Mogul, Producer, Artist & Activist

“This is lovely, you have a wonderful project.”
— El DeBarge, Legendary Singer-Songwriter, on BMW Portfolio logo preview

“Mom, you count.”
— Mateusz Dominik Wojnarowicz, Polish-Multiracial Generation Z Visionary