Brown Beauty Of The Month

Stephanie Mitchell

My name is Stephanie, and I was born and raised on the west side of Chicago. I have 2 daughters and a fiancé and they are my entire world. In 2014 I decided I wanted to tap into my love for children and pursue my dreams in owning a childcare facility. I not only pursued my dream, I sustained and mastered it as well. My transition from a 9-5 was flawless because I knew exactly what I wanted. In February of 2017 Brandon and I welcomed our first daughter into the world, and she made our gears grind harder! We wanted to give her everything plus more, we wanted to lay a foundation for generational wealth. We wanted to cease the generational curses our families had adopted century after century. We wanted to grow our little family and give our daughter a sibling so in November of 2018 we welcomed our 2nd daughter into the world. When we sat back and realized we had 2 people that solely depended on us we knew we had to make a huge decision. That decision was to relocate from Chicago to Dallas, so in 2019 that is exactly what we did, in my opinion when moving from one state to the next and leaving your family, support system, friends, comfort zone etc you have no choice but to make it work because so many people are expecting you to fail. I immediately got to work, 9 months after relocating during a global pandemic I decided to open an online children’s boutique called BayLyn’s Closet. I always got so many compliments on how flawless I keep my girls, and so many people always ask where I shop. So I just figured why can’t I have my own boutique so when people ask where I shop I can just give them my card and say shop with me. I have my girls modeling the clothes, I even let them wear some pieces to daycare. They are already little entrepreneurs and don’t even know it yet. They are my marketing team, they are the face of BayLyn’s. BayLyn’s is already theirs I’m just wrapping it and adding a bow on it for them. It all makes to much sense to me, I love anything that has to do with children and I have been successful at loving and pursuing my passion. This is only the beginning I have quite a few things planned for this year and I can’t wait to continue to hit the ground running. That’s the Westside in me and that’s something that will never leave no matter where I am!

~Stephanie