Personal Narrative: The Young Women's Resource Center

October 1, 2007 was the second most important day of my young life. It was the day my business officially opened for operations. This day fell a very short second to the date of my daughter and only child’s birth. The business was to be called Love My Curves Ladies Apparel and would offer clothing, accessories and shoes for plus sized women. I designed and sewed by request as well as ordered items from wholesale companies to sell at my retail store location in Des Moines Iowa. I created a website to sell items from and maintained the website myself. I traveled to other cities to meet with other stores to sell and trade inventory. During year two of business operations I received several offers to contract with night clubs and sell them large …show more content…
By this point in time I had sold costumes, accessories and shoes to many young exotic dancers who had spoken to me of the struggles they would endure to support their children or to pay for their education. Many of these young women felt trapped in this job of dancing because they did not have the experience or education to obtain successful careers. It was for this reason I chose to hold a fashion show to celebrate my 30th birthday while supporting the young women of my community. The fashion show had an attendee list exceeding 200 people and it provided a sizeable contribution to The Young Women’s Resource Center. I couldn’t have chosen a better way to celebrate my birthday then by helping others while pursuing my passion. As time passed and the business continued to grow and evolve many changes took place. During the fourth year I began to realize if there were more sales people in the business it would likely double or triple its performance. I contemplated over the details of this decision and it was apparent I would need to hire contracted sales people in the cities where the highest amount of sales were taking …show more content…
They worked very hard to succeed and most of them did and still are in operations. January 1, 2014 I personally took a step back and chose to dissolve my portion of the business to pursue my previous passion of becoming an insurance underwriter. Presently four of the six ladies who I chose to hire, train and mentor are still in close contact via email and phone calls with stories of how they have become successful. They contact me with stories about the opportunities this knowledge has given them and the many ways it has benefited themselves and their families. They share stories about how they have been able to train other exotic dancers to become independent sales women as well. It warms my heart to read these stories and to know that I’ve created the ability for young women to have a career they love that will provide financial support in which they will feel respected while operating each day