Today I wanted to bring you a really fresh conversation, I am so excited for my guest Jennifer Mota. Jennifer Mota is a Dominican-American Multimedia Journalist who focuses on topics relating to music, fashion, Latinx identity, and Afro-Latinidad. She got her start at People Chica and now writes for Tidal, Vibe, People Espanol, Hip Latina and many more online outlets. She also spearheaded the Urbano and Afro-LatinX stories during her time at people Chica and now has become the unofficial expert on Dominican Dembow. Jennifer is also deeply passionate about fashion. I met her while she was an intern at the Philadelphia fashion Incubator and saw immediately that she had a great sense of style and was deeply curious. I have loved following Jennifers personal style and see her as an influencer in Philadelphia fashion and music scene. Along with styling local artist she also had her own line of bathing suits which she makes all by herself. She is just at the beginning of her career but already has accomplished so much. I wanted to bring her on as I feel she has a very fresh perspective of figuring out your passion and I love sharing with you the route that she took.

I have an amazingly inspiring women on: Dylan Garner who is the creative director of Cohere and helps run the Philadelphia chapter of Ladies Wine & Design. The first things I want to say about Dylan is she is incredibly warm, she is the kind of person who wants everyone to feel welcome and that is an amazing quality. She is the creative director of one of my favorite creative agencies in Philly: Cohere and her linked in profile job description she writes: branding cultures and cities. Along with helping to craft some of the most iconic venues in Philadelphia and other cities, she helps to run Ladies Wine & Design which is an amazing national organization that connect women designers. I have been to a few of their events and just find it is a great place to connect and share. The LWD events really helps to bring the creative community together. We Definity nerded out on design things and she introduced me to the term Arthlete, which I am totally going to use in the future.

I was fortunate enough to digitally sit down with Em Sexton and talk about her extraordinary life and what she has learned along the way. I met Em a month ago at Alt Summit, her talk was radiating and I felt like it gave me the tools to tackle some of the bigger problems I was facing in my business. What I have always loved about her is she is both hugely successful but also open about her vulnerabilities. Em had found great success in banking and was one of the youngest VPs in her company, but she felt the urge to do something bigger. On her 30th birthday she left her job and began to create the Flourish Market: A one-of-a-kind shop that curates products with a bigger purpose. Em works with brands from all over the world that providing dignified jobs and fair wages to artisans in vulnerable communities. Along with running her super successful boutique, Em has also created a co-working space, incubator program and runs classes to help women step into their power. Her energy is contagious and she deeply believes we all have the power to go after and achieve the life we want. It was such a pleasure to chat her and get her advice on what we can do to get through these hard times.

Hi guys welcome to the 1st episode of the third season. On today’s episode I got to sit down with Hillary Super, the president of Anthropologie. I got to chat with Hillary about her career working in the fashion industry and how she grew to become one of the few female presidents of a major America brand. It was great to hear what she learned working in both the corporate and start-up world and how that influenced her thinking and leadership. We got to chat about her exciting initiative at Anthropologie to launch the plus size collection and have a larger conversation about exclusivity in fashion. I have deeply appreciated her candor and openness about being in a role of power and influence.

I was so deeply honored to get to do a live podcast interview with Carmen Maria Machado at the University Of The Arts. I was deeply moved by Carmen's first book: Her Body and Other Parties, and wanted to talk craft and what her journey to becoming an award-winning author was like. Carmen recently published her second book, a memoir called In the Dream House. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize. Carmen was a joy to chat with and I left feeling very inspired.

Welcome to our mid-season teaser. We recorded this episode live as part of Design Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dora Cuenca, an amazing painter, and muralist. We chatted about Dora's vibrant childhood in Costa Rica. Dora took us inside her art-making and how it has helped her to process painful events. She shares what it has been like translating her art into large scale murals. We also talk about balance with creative life and family, Dora is the mother to three kids and shares how her kids have inspired her art.

I met Elena Brennan five years ago when I was just starting my own business. I was just beginning to understand the retail landscape and starting to think about brand identity, marketing, sales and everything else a fashion startup thinks about obsessively. I was a part of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator and Elena came to talk with us about how she started BUS STOP. She was warm and welcoming; opening up to us about the initial years when she launched BUS STOP. I was in awe of how she just jumped into running a boutique but quickly learned how to create a shopping experience that resonated with her clients. Over the years I have watched BUS STOP grow and am so excited to see Elena design her own collection with BUS STOP X. I loved sitting down to chat with Elena about how she followed her dreams and started her beloved shoe store.

Today we have Melissa Hall, founder of The Emerging Designer and a brand strategy consultant. Melissa started her platform in 2012 after working with a variety of entrepreneurs and realized the opportunity for exposure, education and meaningful connections in the industry. Over the years I have found the Emerging Designer to be an essential resource for navigating how to run my brand. I met Melissa in 2014 when she visited the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator. She gave me great insight into my brand and we have kept in touch over the years. Melissa has worked on some pretty impressive projects like consulting with Design Entrepreneurs NYC, a mini-MBA program for top NYC emerging fashion companies. I got to visit her this summer and catch up on all the new projects she is working on.

Maria Piessis wears many hats. She is a photographer, graphic artist, art director, and set designer. She currently lives in Paris but I met her years ago when we were both living in New York City. Her work has appeared in Tidal Magazine, Stylist Magazine. To read the full article and pictures and links check out:https://www.supraendura.com/blogs/news

This week we have the incredibly talented Allie Pearce. Allie is many things, she is a costume designer and stylist and has worked on various projects such as styling music videos for Japanese Breakfast, TV on The Radio and Mannequin Pussy, she has worked on series for refinery 29 and she is currently a costume designer on SNL. But that’s not all folks. She also is the designer and creative director behind her own line: Pearce. Allie is very interested in sustainability, natural fabrics, and zero waste. She has some amazing pieces that are very versatile and gender neutral. We got to talking about her path and how she found her way into her many professions.