My Career Goal: Becoming A Woman Of Color

There are always steps to take to reach a certain goal. The first step depends on what the person wants to achieve. My educational goal was to push myself to take challenging classes such as Advanced Placement and AICE classes even though I knew I had mild anxiety. It was to prove, not just to others, but to myself that I can work hard even through the tough times. On the other hand, my career goal was to create a makeup line that is more focused towards women of color. Being a woman of color myself I felt as though I do know what other women are going through when it comes to these certain situations.

I only pushed myself, academic wise, to a point I knew I could handle after recognizing that sometimes I was going too far. Having anxiety on top of that made things a bit worse. There was a point in school where I bawled my eyes out and was not able to breathe because I thought, at the time, I was prepared to take those classes. I had to come to terms with myself and put my pride aside realizing I would have to drop the class. Others such as family and friends also saw me get overwhelmed and recommended for my health, to drop certain classes if necessary.

My passion for makeup started at an early age.

I always enjoyed playing with makeup whether it was my moms or my older cousin. I started small, more because of parents, I used lip gloss, then mascara, then maybe a little bit of eyeliner here and there. But over the years as I got older and started using more makeup, I had noticed drugstores did not have a good variety of darker foundations. Regardless of if I am dark skinned or not it just did not seem right. Even being the shade I am I still find it hard to look for my shade. I want to create a makeup line that that has a good shade range with undertones that suit

everybody.

Going through challenges to get to a goal is a part of life. Nothing is going to come easy. As of right now, I am a high school senior taking AP Calculus, AICE Language, Marine Biology Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, Journalism, and two Dual Enrollment classes at Palm Beach State College. I want to graduate high school and move on to college to obtain my bachelor's degree knowing that I stayed strong-minded to achieve this. My business is just getting started as I am contacting people to work with and help me achieve my dream. While creating this makeup line I hope to inspire other young girls of color that they are not forgotten when it comes to makeup. I want them to be proud of the color of their skin and know you do not have to be a certain shade just for someone to see that they’re beautiful. With hard work and determination to follow my dreams, I will soon see myself progressing as an educated, business woman.