This Week's Guest: Mariela Polanco 

Mariela is a lifestyle blogger and entrepreneur from New York. Mariela began blogging in 2009, when she was designing her handbag line at the time and wanted to show the world behind the scenes. As time passed, she noticed that designing handbags wasn’t her true passion and took her blogging role to the next level by 100% focusing on her personal brand. A year in, Mariela started coaching aspiring bloggers and biz owners due to the many messages and emails from many who aspired to be doing what she was doing. After great coaching success, she decided to become an author - launching "My Blogging Diary: All the secrets to becoming a blogger” via Amazon. In May 2020 Mariela launched, Marfemme, an online women’s clothing and accessories boutique where happiness and quality is the #1 priority.

Instagram @xomarielap and @marfemme

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Hilary grew up in South Florida and attended both Florida State University (Go Noles!) and The University of Florida (Go Gators!). She currently resides in New York City. As a reporter, she’s covered topics ranging from wellness treatments to celebrity red carpets to chef interviews, cocktail trends to new fitness classes, and beauty treatments to wedding styles. Her trend and profile pieces have appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Marie Claire, Travel + Leisure, Today.com, Yahoo!, amNew York and many other publications. Hilary has been featured as an entertainment and lifestyle expert on CBS, Inside Edition, The Insider, Fox & Friends, and more. Hilary has been a Dry January participant and advocate since 2017. Hilary always wanted to write a book, and funny enough a New Year’s Eve bet with a friend, inspired her to do it. We are discussing her upcoming book release The Dry Challenge: How to Lose the Booze for Dry January, Sober October, and Any Other Alcohol-Free Month, and how it all unraveled.

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Erin is a fashion and lifestyle blogger based out of New York City. She spends her days teaching 6th graders in Brooklyn and nights are spent blogging for fun! Erin loves spending time exploring New York City and beyond with her boyfriend, Peter. Their newest adventure has been moving to Manhattan! Her goal is to empower women to wear the clothes they want to wear, without having to worry about a hefty price tag or the number on the size. For all things NYC, fashion, and more check out her blog Girl Meets New York City.

IG: @girlmeetsnewyorkcity

Blog: girlmeetsnewyorkcity.com

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Liz's guest on the podcast is Kacie Nelson, a graphic designer and blogger based in New York City. Kacie is a Philly girl currently living in NYC, after getting her Bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 2015. Along with her 9-5 as a graphic designer for a women's retail brand, she runs her lifestyle blog, The Pretty Little Hustler. PLH is a one-stop-shop for all things affordable fashion & beauty, life in NYC, and lots of seasonal lifestyle inspiration. Kacie loves all things chocolate, a crisp glass of champagne, and has a pretty insatiable wanderlust. Her mantra (and the catalyst behind her blog name) is that "good things come to those who hustle", and she hopes to inspire other women to go after their dreams and to never take no as a final answer. In this episode, Kacie and Liz, talk about the hardships of moving to a new city like finding an apartment, we also talk about hustle culture and share our personal tips around staying grounded. Don't miss out on a new list of NYC favorites!

Kacie's Blog, The Pretty Little Hustler > www.theprettylittlehustler.com

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