Inspirational Corner 13-YEAR OLD TEEN MOM TURNED SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR
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essica Thomas is the Womanpreneur of Glam Bella Studio in Tampa, FL. She has been in business for four years. She says she is different and has embraced her uniqueness. She shares her inspirational journey of faith and how she achieved success. Jessica, tell us about Glam Bella Studio. Glam Bella Studio is an eyelash extension studio located in Tampa, Florida. We provide eyelash extension services. We also have an academy where we teach other professionals how to grow their businesses by performing eyelash extension services as well. Oh wow, that is amazing Jessica. Is there a specific age group or who would be the ideal candidate for what you do? As far as our clients are concerned, we provide eyelash services for girls
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as young as 13, up to 100 years old. For our students in the academy, we start training them as early as 16. If you have a passion for something, and you want to know more about it- why not start at an early age. So I start training them as young as 16 years old. That is going to lead right into my next question Jessica, how did you discover your passion? I have young ladies come to me all the time, and they do not know what their passion is, or say things like, “I’m not really passionate about anything”- so tell us, how did you discover your passion? I was always different, as far as my style and growing up, like in high school, I was the only person that would wear wigs. But now fast forward, everybody wears wigs just like it is the norm. So I’ve always been into the fashion and beauty industry, but I was always told: “Oh you won’t- you can’t sustain a career in the beauty industry, so you need to
