Find Your Niche

Sanaa is the founder and owner of Alara & Zane, a shop, play, learn, party concept designed to support children and their families from newborn through 8 years! Sanaa always had an entrepreneurial spirit and due to a personal pain point of not having a store that she wanted and a community to go with it - she decided to start one for other moms and kids!

Tiayonna is a garden consultant and an agvocate for growing food, creating access, garden-based learning, and reducing impact on the planet! She fell in love with gardening when she started her first garden in her backyard and realized she could make a career out of helping others grow their own food!

Anna Haddock is the creator of The Coffee Table Blog and you can find her on instagram @Annakhaddock! She graduated from Meredith College with a degree in nutrition but through her college internships, she discovered her passion lies in marketing! Anna works in marketing during the day and spends her weekends & evenings sharing the best coffee shops, restaurants, and places to travel to on her blog! She is so inspiring as everything she does she has learned on her own by following her passions!

Katerina is the founder and owner of Precycle - a shop that sells package-free produce, bulk foods, and home goods in Brooklyn, New York. After becoming a mom and realizing how much plastic waste she acquired she got to work to find solutions to avoid as much waste as possible and the idea for Precycle started. Precycle is NYC's first zero-waste store with the mission to help consumers reduce their food and packaging waste! ***The audio is a little spotty***

Janet Lucia St. Clair is a design & styling consultant in Raleigh, NC. She graduated from Radford University with a degree in fashion design and started her career in NYC as a fashion designer! After moving to North Carolina, Janet decided to go out on her own and into a more creative direction - she works on fashion & editorial styling, social media content creation, brand direction, interior styling, and so much more. She always knew she wanted to have a creative career and has always followed her passion!

Madeline M. is a consultant! Madeline graduated from University of South Carolina with a degree in global supply chain & operations management & finance and started her career with IBM! If you are interested in a career in consulting - this is the conversation for you!

Tami Purdue is the owner and founder of Sweet Peas Urban Gardens, staying true to its name it is located two miles from downtown Raleigh, NC. After 20 years managing a successful law firm, Tami decided to become an agro-entrepreneur after taking one gardening class! Using an urban growing system called CropBox and focusing on micro greens she sells to local restaurants, farmers markets, and a preschool! She's changing the way we typically farm to produce more efficiently and safer for our planet!

Molly Goldston is the founder of Saving Grace, an animal shelter in Wake Forest, North Carolina! Saving Grace is a private shelter that serves homeless animals across the rural part of NC and beyond. Molly started Saving Grace in 2004 on her homes property and has adopted over 30,000 dogs so far!

Erin Rolandelli is a digital creator, the woman behind the Instagram @RDUGems! RDU Gems is a food blog in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina unearthing the best gems! While taking a course at UNC Chapel Hill - she discovered her passion for documenting her food experiences no matter where she was - locally, at home, or traveling and decided to start sharing it with the world!

Tiffany Turner Moon is a lifestyle/digital creator, you can find her on instagram @Tiffanyturnermoon! Tiffany has such an amazing and unique story and she shares it all with her community, she promotes easy recipes, activism, and community! She shares the best tips & tricks on how to use instagram to gain followers and how to start monetizing your platform!