Dallas today is a cosmopolitan city known for its high concentration of restaurants and shopping centers. Skyscrapers, such as Bank of America Plaza and Reunion Tower, create a striking night skyline.
I have sewing since I was about 8 years old. Frankly, I was allowed to use the sewing machine by myself before I was allowed to cook on the stove by myself. My mom and great grandma both are avid seamstresses and I took a liking to sewing at an early age and never stopped. When I was around 14 or 15, I started seeing pictures float around on the internet of what I would later learn to be cosplayers and fell in love with the concept of dressing up as something from pop culture that I loved. When I…
I first started doing hair about a month after graduating high school. I had always admired the beauty world, and growing up I spent a lot of time with my grandma doing each others hair and experimenting with colors and cuts. Fun fact she used to do hair for a small beauty shop in Mexico back in the 70’s. She pretty much gave me my start, and all my inspiration. Fast forward to today and I’ve been doing hair for about 8 years now, and I absolutely love every minute of it.
Hello! I am Pradeepa Narayanaswamy. I am a certified professional coach, 12-year infertility “survivor,” and the proud mother of an amazing child. I want to talk about a sensitive subject that’s still considered taboo in many customs and cultures – infertility. Having gone through 12 years of pains and struggles with infertility including three miscarriages, 3 IUI (IntraUterine Insemination) failures and 8 IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) failures including three donor cycles, I fell hard to the deepest of the deep. I was stuck physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I struggled a lot with my relationships: husband (intimacy was an all-time…
For as long as I can remember performing and creating has been a part of my life. In fact, I can not remember a time when it was not a part of my life DNA, I fell in love with dance and musical theatre at a very early age – specifically the idea of storytelling through song and dance. But at the age of nine, I saw the dream ballet in Oklahoma and it changed my life. I knew from that moment on I wanted to make classical ballet a central focus for my future. And I was blessed to…
I feel like I am just getting started honestly, but I have a ton of history that helped to mold me. I can say my quest to be financially independent and my nonconformist attitude led me down a path of entrepreneurship. I started out watching my mother operate her beauty salon. I can remember being a child seeing my mother create hairstyles, which ignited my passion for beauty among other entrepreneurial interests. After high school, I went on to attend Texas Southern University. I’d studied Sociology and Political Science but this did not give me the creative freedom and fulfillment…
First and foremost, I'm a wife of 20 years and a mother of five. My kids are ages seven to 18 (graduating this year). I'm a nurse by profession and have a Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Healthcare Administration. Because life has a tendency of happening, I left my role as a nurse educator at a local hospital and went back to school nursing just before my youngest started kindergarten a couple of years ago. It was a major sacrifice in income, but my youngest child goes to school at my campus. So...life has a way of…
Faerie Treehouse Creative and Press (faerietreehouse.com) is a boutique freelance writing, editing, and publishing business. I started Faerie Treehouse Creative and Press in 2017 as a way to fit all the different things I do under one umbrella idea and brand. After 17 years in New York City as a Professor of English for the City University of New York--LaGuardia Community College, I returned home to Texas to be with my family in Richardson. However, and this explains the name "Faerie Treehouse", we have this cute Alpine cabin on family land in Southwest Arkansas, near Hope, and we head up…
I started my women’s empowerment in 2016. I wanted to start an organization where women can be themselves unapologetically, with the the support of their fellow sisters. I always wanted to be the person that makes someone smiles. And have a joyful laugh. I started by doing small community events in my neighborhood then with my family support I started my own company.
Neighborhood
Far South Dallas
My husband and I were married outside Sante Fe at Ojo Caliente in our 2006 Safari Airstream.We traveled to an Airstream Rally called AlumaFiesta in Tucson, Arizona and then on to Sedona and Marfa, Texas for our Honeymoon. Together we enjoy glamping and visiting all parts of the United States. Philip Vasquez and I are always the happiest when we are sending time in one of our trailers.We meet great people on the road and get to share lots of stories as well as a glamping experience with others. Glamping is a portmanteau of "glamorous" and "camping, and describes a…
Neighborhood
Northeast Dallas
To pursuit freedom is to become an entrepreneur. At Texas A&M, I started an online clothing business. I told my roommates about this idea and they thought that I was crazy. Even I though it was crazy venture, but I like being crazy. It excites me. I have nothing to lose. I was living in a one bedroom apartment with three roommates. How much worse can get? I used my scholarship money and spent it all on Facebook ads. First month, I lost $1,000. Second month, I lost $3,000 Third month, I made $4,000 Learning online marketing helped me understand…