Editor’s note: “My Story” is where business executives share their personal and professional backgrounds and journeys that have made them who they are, in their own candid words, from the challenges of confronting stereotypes to the glory in overcoming them. Amid calls for racial justice, we can only make real change with greater awareness and understanding — and the ability to learn from each other’s experiences.
In my weekly social media Q&A with customers, I’m most often hit with the question: Why did you start this business? The surface-level answer is because I saw a need for myself as a working mom. The genesis of how it all really came together goes back to my beginnings.
My dad is an Episcopal priest, but he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a religious figure. He commanded the pulpit with ideas that weren’t popular in our conservative town, like the acceptance of people different from you. One time, he took me to our church’s national convention where he voted…
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