08/28/2026
If someone told me 3 years ago this is where I’d be, where I’d gather women, where I’d build a movement I wouldn’t have believed them.
Life is wild, the journey is even wilder, 5 years ago I was working a dead end job. Not sure if I wanted to stay. Each day I was faced with the difficult task of deciding which way should I pivot? I knew my life was not meant to stay there so I decided to finally leave right after marrying the love of my life in 2021.
We had just moved into our home after leaving a rent controlled 2 bedroom apartment, this to me meant we were about to live the “American dream” little did I know the journey I was about to walk through.
In 2022 I started was then called collections by Lani. A small online boutique of my own personalized collections. I built a following in TikTok and here on IG and right before I turned 30 I made a bet with my Husband.
A bottle of Moët & Chandon Official if I could reach 1000 followers here on IG. Let’s just say I WON!
That year I truly felt alive. Still unsure on how life would go after leaving my job, I showed up at every pop up event, talked about my business and grew in my community.
What no one knew then is I was still living life in the struggle, still on food stamps, still barely scrapping by. I wanted so badly to push past this and didn’t know how.
In 2023 BB&B was born! Out of a mission to bridge the gap where women could feel seen, valued and heard. I thought if I created the table they will come.
I started with 50 women in the space at a non-profit in my town. Barely able to make ends meet and afford that event, I remember buying good with the grey card and preparing it all myself. Honestly it was work! And I loved it.
50 women quickly grew to thousands all over the country. Women had only met here in IG. Along the way things got messy, mistakes happened a lot and I sort have lost my way.
Then NYC 2026 happened. 3 years later and I felt like I had returned home. The table was set for 20 amazing women for my first ever VIP night. A night where conversations were had and we all lit up with such goodness.
This is where the shift happened for me.
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