I got started in business because I was trying to bridge the gap between trauma experiences and safe, trauma-informed spaces that focused on somatic interventions. I learned very quickly that I’m stronger than I think and smarter than I know. There were no options for me as far as mentors or proof of concept because what I was creating didn’t exist, so it was often called “risky and unnecessary.
The pandemic was an opportunity for me to realize how I could scale resources by leveraging social media and other technology. I’m currently in the process of launching BAD Studios, which is a web and mobile-based platform offering virtual dance therapy labs.
I didn’t graduate from college, and I didn’t have the dance career I trained half my life for, but I did have the lived experience of navigating unfriendly mental health resources and uninterested law enforcement during my healing journey. I let the feelings of hopelessness and solitude motivate me to have an impact by making sure the resource I needed was created with Ballet After Dark.
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