Growing up I went through a few different phases discovering what I wanted to be “when I grow up”. For the longest, I just knew I wanted to make babies feel better and be a pediatrician. I liked the idea of making people feel better. Then, I thought I wanted to be an entertainer. I loved dancing and singing in the children’s choir, so I assumed fame and my name in big lights were the way for me.
As I grew and developed my interests and started getting actively involved in school activities, I realized I really liked to lead. I was bossy but I knew how to do it in a nice way hah! After contemplating the life I wanted to live as an adult, I discovered that business and entrepreneurship is what I really wanted in life. If I could just create something that helped people, that tapped into my business mind and my creative mind, and made me feel amazing everyday – I’d be happy. So I went off to study business at The Wharton School at UPENN and I graduated with a mission of creating something for myself, that would help people, provide for my family and make a difference.
After years and years of struggling with fitting my circle self into a square peg, I’m finally at a place where I feel like I’ve tapped into my calling. I LOVE writing and creating for you all here on LoveBrownSugar.com and for my chic moms over at BabyBrownSugar.com. But what I love most about my career and my day to day is connecting dope people with other equally dope people. I unconsciously have been doing it for years. And now, instead of sitting on that talent, I’m channeling it into a business that I co-founded with my good friends and colleagues Jessica Andrews and Lexi Felder.
Last week our business Style Influencers Group (also the powerhouse behind the #WeAreBlackHistory project) was featured in what I consider to be the holy grail of business journals for me – Black Enterprise. Writer Essence Gant interviewed the three of us on the creation of Style Influencers Group and I am just so humbled and honored that they see promise in us and in our business.
Click here to check out our feature at Black Enterprise!
P.S. If you’re a blogger/vlogger or social media guru yourself, click on over to our site Style Influencers Group and drop us a line. We’d love to work with you!
Wow! I would love the opportunity to work with you ladies! I’ve filled out the form via the Style Influencer Group, and would love to hear back from you. Please check out my instagram https://instagram.com/theabenalove/ and facebook links https://www.facebook.com/AbenaLoveHairandBeauty 🙂
Are you all only working with established bloggers? I’m set to launch a beauty blog before the end of this month and this sound like a great opportunity.