Named Top 50 Innovator by Dallas innovates
I had the honor of being selected as one of the top Creative Entrepreneurs in DFW for my creative social ventures Symbology and Etico.
2020 Impact Fort Worth Featured Speaker
In my talk, Making Sustainability Sexy, I give my top 3 methods of making small social justice causes chic and to gain mainstream popularity and affect maximum change.
Speaker @ TEDX Raleigh
My TEDX talk, Weaver to Wardrobe, addresses the psychology behind clothing, the importance of textile arts throughout history and how artisans and artforms are threatened by conspicuous consumerism today.
Winner of Belk Southern Design Showcase
I was selected as a winner of the 2018 Southern Design Showcase at Belk, with my Spring Whimsical Garden collection sold at 9 stores across the Southeast and online at belk.com.
Featured in Paper City + CultureMap for Founding Etico, DFW’s first Women-Owned Sustainable Collective.
If you find yourself on Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth, you will stumble upon a new store called Etico. Immediately, you’ll realize the space has an eclectic feeling that comes with the merging of multiple cultures.
Contributing commentator about sustainable design.
I regularly contribute to online magazines and podcasts centering on sustainable design, like this article on re/make.
Featured in Rachel Zoe’s Box of Style.
I created an exclusive handprinted scarf design for Rachel Zoe’s Box of Style in 2017 for its special theme on women-owned brands. Through that order, we were able to train and provide sustained work for hundreds of women artisans in India.
Featured Designer at Market @ Macys launch.
Symbology was featured at the newly concepted Market @ Macys in 2018 at their Las Vegas store near the strip. I flew out to the shop for my launch to meet with customers and share our story of how we make fair trade sexy.
Featured in Harper’s Bazaar
Highlighted as one of the top 12 fashion brands empowering women and girls globally.