Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."
Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.
In the mid-nineties, diversity in the fashion/beauty business was hard to come by.
You have to move to your own beat.
When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.
My husband's a stunt man, and he dragged me to stunt driving school with him because I hate driving and he felt that it would help to make me feel more comfortable. And it did in certain ways, and in certain ways I'm still not.