They Threw Me Out at 16 for Being Pregnant — Twenty Years Later, They Came Back Asking to Meet My Son

looking for a project. For reasons I still don’t fully understand, she chose me.

“You have talent,” she said after reviewing my portfolio. “Raw, unpolished, but real. Let me help you shape it.”

With Eleanor’s mentorship and a $50,000 SBA loan that took three attempts to secure, I founded Hearth Home Interiors. Our first office was a converted closet continue reading …