Karisma Ray Brings Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Coast to Atlanta Blogging
Raised in coastal Crescent, Georgia, the Atlanta lifestyle blogger has been writing since she was 12 and blogging since 2007.
Karisma Ray is an Atlanta, Georgia lifestyle blogger and content creator whose story starts on the coast. She grew up in Crescent, Georgia, a small community in McIntosh County about 12 miles north of Darien, and writing has been her creative outlet since she was 12.
Roots on the coast
Congress designated the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor in 2006, a national heritage area along the Southeast coast running from Pender County, North Carolina, to St. Johns County, Florida. Crescent sits on the Georgia coast in between.
Karisma is a Gullah Geechee creator. In 2024, Shegeechee named her one of eight Geechee creators to follow, and she began digging into her own Gullah Geechee story after questioning what she had been taught about Eliza Pinckney and indigo.
From valedictorian to Oprah’s academy
She was her high school class valedictorian, a Gates Millennium Scholar and a graduate of Spelman College, and she went on to work at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
Nearly 20 years of writing online
Karisma has been blogging since 2007, and her career spans nearly 20 years across blogging, content creation, corporate marketing and public relations. On karismaray.com she writes about beauty, lifestyle and travel for a community of readers she calls the #Karismatics, and she coaches new creators through her New Bloggers Club.
Her newest project is Thursday Rose, a hair and beauty planner that learns your routine and plans trims, deep conditions and fresh styles around the moments that matter.
Quick answers
Who is Karisma Ray?
Karisma Ray is an Atlanta, Georgia lifestyle blogger and content creator, a Spelman College graduate and Gates Millennium Scholar, and the creator of the hair and beauty planner Thursday Rose.
Where is Karisma Ray from?
She grew up in Crescent, Georgia, in coastal McIntosh County, and is based in Atlanta.
What is the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor?
A national heritage area Congress designated in 2006, running along the Southeast coast from Pender County, North Carolina, to St. Johns County, Florida (National Park Service).
Sources: About Karisma Ray, Creator coaching, karismaray.com, Shegeechee: Geechee creators to follow, National Park Service: Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, Crescent, Georgia (Wikipedia), Thursday Rose