From Alvin Ailey school, NBA arenas to costume designer and founder and CEO of Capri Swim™ — this is the story of Ashley Capri who turned her art into a business and her passion into purpose.

In this episode of Bold & Brilliant Life with Bianca Peart, we explore Ashely Capri's journey and how an Alvin Ailey dancer, NBA dancer as well as a commercial dancer and model built a successful brand through strategy, creativity, and pure hustle. She shares how she overcame burnout, stayed authentic in an industry of comparison, and built a life by design — not by default.

💡 Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:30 Her journey from Toledo to Alvin Ailey

15:45 Dancing in the NBA

30:10 Building her business

45:00 Lessons in strategy, faith & blooming

This episode will help you gain insights on how to go from a dancer to a business woman, become a creative entrepreneur, how to start a brand, how to build a Black-owned and women-owned business, personal growth, career reinvention, strategy for creatives, self growth and tools to build a business strategy for artists.

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In this inspiring episode of The Bold and Brilliant Life, host Bianca Peart sits down with Nina Finley — Ultimate Frisbee champion and PhD candidate in disease ecology — to explore how sports and science can work together to create lasting change. From competing on the World Junior Ultimate Championships team to leading groundbreaking research in ecological health, Nina shares how teamwork, joy, and radical listening shape her approach to both leadership and life.

Together, Bianca and Nina dive into gender and racial equity in sports, community-driven conservation, and the lessons that connect the field, the lab, and the heart. Tune in for a powerful conversation about purpose, resilience, and redefining what it means to live boldly and brilliantly — on the ultimate frisbee field and in the ecology field.

From the streets of Brooklyn to the international ping pong stage, meet Wally Green. Wally Green is a former gang member who transformed his life through the unlikely power of ping pong. From surviving domestic abuse and gang life, to competing in over 40 countries and even playing in North Korea for peace, Wally’s story is raw, unfiltered, and unforgettable.

Join host Bianca Peart on The Bold and Brilliant Life as Wally opens up about violence, redemption, resilience, divine alignment and how sport saved his life. This is more than a story about ping pong — it’s about survival, second chances, and finding purpose against all odds.

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Dominique’s journey is proof that you can rewrite your story—trading in the corporate grind for a bold leap into the creative world. Today, she’s a powerhouse director, photographer, and visual artist telling stories that blend culture, sports, and style in unforgettable ways. Her stories have captured eyes from NBA, MLS and Vogue to Amazon and Netflix documentaries. In this episode, we talk about: 💡 Taking the leap from 9-to-5 to full-time creative 🎨 Building a signature creative style 🚀 Turning vision into action If you’ve been dreaming of making your own pivot, this one’s for you. #BoldAndBrilliantLife #PodcastLaunch #FirstGuest #DominiqueOliveto #CorporateToCreative #CreativityUnleashed #Storytelling #NYC

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