Essence: March 2011

How I Joined the 800 Club by Sakina P. Spruell Sakina Spruell Cole, creator and host of Keeping It Rich with Sakina, which airs on BET.com, gives you the scoop on how she built a credit score of 801: "The day my credit score hit 801, I blasted it on twitter. After writing an article in 2004 about how to achieve a perfect score, I was determined to break into the high credit score echelon... See what moved my score in Essence.