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 Caribbean L 28     ife, MARCH 11-17, 2022 
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 RODNEYSE BICHOTTE  
 HERMELYN 
 MICHAELLA BLISSETT  
 WILLIAMS JOHANNE BRIERRE 
 ASSEMBLYMEMBER 
 NEW YORK STATE’S DISTRICT 42 
 CEO 
 SALON718 
 FOUNDER & PARTNER 
 NYBEAUTY SUITES 
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 What has been your best moment in business? 
 Watching our stylists have a successful career  
 &  life,  using  the  tools  we  provide  them  with  
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 ty industry and showed me how I could carve  
 out my own place within it and make it a career. 
  Joy Critchlow taught me the importance  
 of diversifying my income. 
   
 What has been your best moment in business?  
 I created a community workspace for beautypreneurs  
 who were brutally hit with Covid closures. 
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 that it is possible and drive to reach your goals.  
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 my journey into entrepreneurship.  
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