Shavon initially started her business as a candle company, using reiki and affirmations to make candles. She has recently expanded her business to offer spiritual coaching with meditation and reiki healing.

Tanya's business provides affordable, high quality skills training in the arts to kids of all ages. She will always remember her own experience getting involved in the performing arts as a kid - an opportunity she was only able to access on a scholarship. For that reason, she is passionate about ensuring kids of all ages have access to this same opportunity in her community. She hopes to build on the profitability of her business while maintaining the affordability of her services, and to eventually get her own commercial space.

Laura provides professional services in audiovisual rentals, she enjoys being personable and building long lasting relationships with her clients. Her services range from staging events and videos with dramatic sound and image effects to sub-renting their equipment. She would like help in managing her growing business and improving her digital marketing.

Omolola believes in bringing the necessary resources together to help individuals and small businesses build financial wealth, increase cashflow, or prepare for a financial milestones. She looks at finance from a holistic perspective rather than just numbers, and she prioritizes helping her clients build a healthier and fulfilling lifestyle. She is particularly passionate about helping women like herself to find their own path and feel empowered in whatever they want to do.

Julissa is a licensed clinical social worker who aims to support people live the best version of their lives in an authentic and unapologetic way by looking at past experiences and traumas and understanding the limiting beliefs that get in the way of their greatest potential while learning to develop more compassion and love for what is. Julissa is passionate about bringing this mental health support and innovative approach to healing to communities of color, and she hopes to grow her team and further develop healing retreats as part of her business.

Lakaysha offers affordable and professional cleaning services in the Greater Los Angeles area. Her father owned a cleaning agency and so for her, cleaning is a way of life. She has more than ten years of expertise cleaning both commercial and residential spaces, healthcare facilities, commercial kitchens, salons, and Airbnb properties. Since its inception, her business has also been able to handle some of the most prestigious salons in the Los Angeles area.

Eddie makes a little piece of Haiti available to foodies and Haitian culture enthusiasts everywhere by selling Haitian treats and cookies online. After an annual trip home, she realized that the traditional treats she grew up on were not as readily available as they once were, and had been replaced by packaged cookies and candies. Her mission is to bring economic and professional growth to communities throughout Haiti by providing an online marketplace for makers based in Haiti to sell their products to larger markets like the US and Canada.

Violina has always been a crafty and creative person. When her husband became terminally ill, she began exploring ways to generate her own income. She began learning about resin jewelry, and developing hand made marketing materials and thank you cards for their plumbing business. Getting back into jewelry creation has helped her cope with the passing of her husband, and she hopes to continue building partnerships with gift shops and selling wholesale to grow her business further.

Cynthia is a Master Coach, CSD, M.Div. She works with her clients in three different capacities: Financial and life coaching; Personal Assistant Concierge, Project Management; Professional Organizer and Senior Care Coordination; Move Coordinator which includes Senior care planning. She is currently going through a rebranding process that we helped her start during her last membership with us. Cynthia would like help from our legal and financial program.

Milanka has an e-commerce business creating and selling custom clothing for curvy women of all body types that fit well, unlike off-the-rack clothes. She has released a line of products targeted towards more mindful + spiritual folks, and is promoting them via public speaking opportunities. Milanka is looking to streamline and optimize her many different streams of income in order to maximize sales opportunities.