Do you all remember little Chaz Mone’t from the 1998 movie Ruby Bridges? The film told the true story of a little girl who began the integration of all white schools in New Orleans. Chaz also did other projects including Introducting Dorothy Dandridge, Spooky House, and more recently, Cold Case episode It Takes A Village, done in 2007.

Today Chaz is 18 years old and will be celebrating her 19th birthday in October. She’s still acting and is currently filming a movie called “My Place in the Horror.” The movie tells the story of five cousins that find out about an old family ritual of sacrifice to an African Spirit and end up having to fight for their lives. Take a look at the movie site HERE. See some of her more recent photos below and a clip from the movie Ruby Bridges underneath.

We are very pleased to announce that little Jasmina Anema (story), the 6-year-old girl that we posted about months ago who was suffering from a rare and deadly form of Leukemia and urgently needed a bone marrow donor, is doing very well! Jasmina was blessed to find not one, but two matches in May and underwent a bone marrow transplant on June 11, 2009. The matches were only “near perfect“, so she was not exactly in the clear as doctors were not sure if her little body would reject the marrow or not. However it has now been over a month since Jasmina has had her transplant and she is said to be doing very well! Jasmina announced via her Twitter page today that she may be going home soon, “I am doing good, might be going home next week if all goes well. I am soooo excited, this is after 6 months!!!” she said.

We here at YBS are soooo excited for you too Jasmina!!! We are also glad to see that more African Americans are now registered donors as a result; now even more lives can be saved!

Under the break you can see a video of a very energetic Jasmina dancing to Kelly Rowland while she celebrated a weekend home from the hospital in May.