About the Social Star Scholarship

Scholarship for BIPOC BUSINESS OWNERS

Growing up, anything business related never crossed my mind. My parents tried explaining the importance of entrepreneurship and how it can be freeing and powerful to own your own company. They tried planting different ideas in my siblings and I’s head in hope we would entertain this path instead of their path of corporate America…but it felt unsafe, especially as a black woman. I believed going to college, getting a good job and moving up the ladder would be considering making it. 

Although getting a good job and moving up in the corporate ladder does hold significance for many people, in fact it did for myself for a while, I am telling you this story to paint the picture of the box Black Indiginous People of Color (BIPOC) women force themselves into. They do this in fear that they will not be successful if they choose a different path such as entrepreneurship that they may have gone on if properly exposed to it and or had the resources to entertain it. 

Social Star Success Story

“The Social Star Scholarship played such a huge role in my business!”

Before I met Charity, I was selling apparel products more or so for fun than as an actual business venture; but once I won the scholarship, Charity helped me see that my design skill set could actually meet a need in the online business space! From then, I pivoted my business and we worked together to really get clear on my ideal clients, my unique selling point, and my offers!! I was able to book out 3 months in advance and raise my prices before our last call, plus solidify my passive income offer!