Creating and designing aprons were initially only meant to be a hobby used as a means of healing and remaining focused during a time of a serious illnesses.
My top challenge has so far been staying committed to being a business owner while a majority of people around me tell me to go back and get a job and say why are you working this hard.
Success ultimately is when people 'get it' that I am doing the business because I deeply believe that thousands of people can benefit from using the Alinker.
I was in the design industry for 6 years prior to starting my own firm and wanted to do things differently...to create a fun company culture and ultimately to give back to world in a significant way.
My goal is to smash a few key beliefs: that web design can’t be learned, that you need to pay thousands to a pro to get a site or blog designed, and that coding is boring and only for geeky men.
When I started out at 19-years-old I tried to dress older and felt a bit of a fraud in that I was so young to have employees and be out getting business.
I was listed as one of the Top 100 Designers in the Washington, D.C., region by Home & Design Magazine, with five of my designs featured in their Portfolio for 2011.
I have a passion for building my own machines, failing, learning, innovating, growing. There is no greater exhilaration than to be "in it" and have to make decisions which actually have an impact.