This week Melissa sits down with longtime friend, India Hicks. India has lived an adventurous and multifaceted life. London-native, daughter of designer David Hicks and Lady Pamela Mountbatten (who was a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth II), goddaughter to King Charles III and former Ralph Lauren model. Over the years India has flourished as a designer, author and entrepreneur – publishing four design books and launching numerous show stopping collections.
Melissa first met India on a trip to Harbour Island in the Bahamas where she traveled to write a story for the launch issue of Town & Country Travel magazine. At this point, India has called the island home with her husband and five children for nearly 30 years. India is strongly driven by humanitarian work and serves on the advisory board of Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), a disaster relief agency she joined after Hurricane Dorian in 2019. In this episode, Melissa will speak with India about her work with Global Empowerment Mission and her latest experiences traveling to Ukraine on aid missions, as well as how she would up living in the Bahamas, her travel tips and latest adventures.