Jazmin Truesdale

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Jazmin Truesdale
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Jazmin Truesdale (born December 6, 1987)[ citation needed ] is the writer and creator of AZA comics, a comic book that features diverse female characters.

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Early life and education

Jazmin Truesdale was born in Durham, North Carolina. She earned a degree in pre-medicine and exercise science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009 and an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology. [1]

Career and AZA comics

Truesdale is the creator of Jazmin Fitness and AZA Comics, a comic book that features female characters of diverse backgrounds. [2] Truesdale recruited illustrator Remero Colston for the project after finding him on Instagram. [3] AZA Comics' first graphic novel, Keepers: Origins, was published digitally in 2016. [4]

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