Last week, the journalist, TV host, and carpenter Ananda Lewis passed away at 52. The Howard graduate and two-time NAACP Image Award recipient hosted an eponymous talk show in the early 2000s and a revival of the home-improvement series “While You Were Out” in the late 2010s,

CNN anchor Sara Sidner and CNN correspondent Stephanie Elam tearfully mourned the death of their close friend, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis.

As a Black female voice in media, Ananda Lewis’s impact broke many invisible barriers, challenging stereotypes and paving the way for the generation that followed.