00:00so Claire tell me what was your aha moment I was invited to my first couture fashion show
00:13couture and I was sitting behind these two men and they were like I love fashion but there's no
00:19money in it and I looked around the room and everybody in there and their furs and their
00:24nice watches and I was like somebody in here is making money from fashion and I'm gonna find out
00:28who they are and how they did it oh my god that's amazing sharpened my business skills and here I am
00:33I remember first starting out in the music business and not seeing our images on the mainstream music
00:41video shows and I was like why is it that hip-hop culture is not being respected like rock and roll
00:46and every other genre and I was like I'm determined to figure out how I can change that narrative so
00:53I actually you know I started off in finance which is crazy it was my first job on Wall Street wow it's
00:59been an amazing experience it's been a privilege you know because I've been able to run brands that have
01:04spoken to us and that has been just an amazing experience but I've also been able to run mainstream
01:13brands that very few women of color have ever run well I moved out to Los Angeles after school with a job
01:19and I worked at a company for 30 days and I got laid off yes and I moved from my apartment to my car and I
01:28said I will just figure it out time went on and someone stopped me out to do some PR and marketing work
01:34independently and then I started doing it from like all the major film studios so that's it in a
01:40nutshell that's like the cliff notes to the story okay you're amazing I really am famished so let's
01:47go get something to eat I need to fuel my body yes we have fed our souls we defeat our stomach yeah
01:53speaking my language let's go for a ride Alexa can you give us the hours for Carrera Cafe
02:09the Carrera Cafe on Melrose Avenue is open from now until six
02:15I'm here at the essence black woman Hollywood event there's all kinds of black girl magic in this
02:45room every sister in here is unstoppable I'm so happy to be a Ford ambassador it's a gorgeous
02:50room and a beautiful event
02:52this is such a liberating year for I think women of color and just women of power like and bosses like
03:07I think everyone is owning their own self who they are superpower and they are it's so exciting
03:12across the board too you know you've got people who are entrepreneurs you've got people who
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