No Dominique Fluker Doesn’t Follow Culture. She Shapes It.

There are people who report on culture.

And then there are people who shape it.

Dominique Fluker has been doing both for years.

Long before television segments, red carpets, and bylines in some of the most influential publications in the country, her confidence was being built at home. Her parents saw something luminous in her before the world ever had language for it. That early belief became her foundation, one that never wavered, even when life did.

Grief came early. Responsibility came early. Rebuilding came more than once.

But so did ambition.

“I don’t move through life casually,” she says. Losing both of her parents at a young age sharpened her focus. It made her intentional. Her ambition is no longer just about career milestones. It is generational. It is legacy. It is honoring where she comes from while expanding what is possible.

And she has expanded it.

From ESSENCE to ForbesWomen, from moderating conversations for Disney and Hulu to covering the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, and the Oscars, Dominique has built a career inside rooms where culture is negotiated in real time. Something shifted when her work began moving beyond the page.

When an article she wrote on feminine energy became a segment on The Tamron Hall Show, she understood that her voice was not just being read. It was influencing programming. When institutions trusted her to contextualize complex stories around motherhood and systemic impact, it became clear she was not simply documenting culture. She was helping frame it.

Shaping culture, for Dominique, is not reactionary. It is intuitive. It is about sensing what is emerging and giving it language before everyone else catches up.

That instinct for storytelling does not stop at journalism.

Step inside a room Dominique has designed and you will feel the same throughline. Intention. Whether she is writing a cultural profile, hosting a red carpet interview, or styling a living space through DBF Interiors, the goal is identical.

Inspiration.

“Whether I’m designing a space or writing a story, I’m creating with the intention to inspire.”

Interior design, for her, is not aesthetic alone. It is emotional architecture. It is restoration. It is expansion. It is helping people see themselves differently inside their own walls.

That same ethos led to the creation of her limited edition “Renewal” candle, a vanilla musk blend wrapped in symbolism. Butterflies on the label represent freedom. The blue vessel symbolizes healing and balance. It was not just a product. It was narrative in physical form.

Even something as joyful as shopping for home decor with Jennifer Hudson became storytelling in Dominique’s hands. A fifteen minute power session turned into a moment about rediscovering joy, curating your environment, and making space for softness. She brings depth to everything she touches.

And yet, she protects her lane fiercely.

Her confidence did not begin in boardrooms. It began in a home where her mother believed she was a star before there were any stages. That belief shaped how she walks into rooms now.

“I don’t walk in hoping to belong. I walk in knowing I’m supposed to be there.”

That knowing is quiet. It is not performative. It does not ask permission.

If this chapter of her life had a title, she calls it Ascending.

She has done the rebuilding. She has done the refining. Now she is moving upward, spiritually, professionally, personally, with intention. It feels aligned. It feels earned.

And it feels like her time.