power of a human

When asked why i want to do this. the obvious is money. then it's my passion. then it's my calling. then it hit me, something i've always known. and something i've always struggled with. i love learning about what makes humans human, and how do i help out another human being when i have my own issues. okay, i'm going to stop being so vague now.

Besides my mother assigning me sewing task to help meet her deadline when i was yay high and being swayed into this, i'm choosing this path to reach out to others. more so struggling countries in southeast asia. back and forth did i go from anthropology to fashion multiple times. screaming and kicking into this industry, i ended up falling in love with design, art, and a little technology. however, i could never justify to myself why i wanted to keep doing it. a little, actually a lot jaded, after being laid off one too many times the path was clear. i recognized, finally, that i'm looking for a connection with people along with my craft. and ultimately, it shouldn't be about me.

From Laos to the refugee camps in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and even Philippines, then finding America to call home, i HAVE to give back. i have to do this for my parents struggle, to family members and soldiers who died in the secret war, to my older sister who watched over me in school and had to fill the role of the doctor/teacher/lawyer, to my religion, and so much more. i've decided today that i want to encourage those who can't help themselves due to political constraints, to create good change for themselves and their community.

My ultimate goal for this project is to teach villages in developing countries to reach comfortable wealth thru education (filling in the community needs like a post office, building schools, supplying literature, building libraries, transportation, etc). Ideally, this would allow them to brainstorm issues and brainstorm plausible solution on their own with support of me (and eventually a team in America).

HOW? well, in a perfect world i would do this:

Design, cold call, store to store sales pitch, after the sale, i would source supplies in these countries, set up shop in their village, have them ship it back to USA/where ever. items would be sold like hot cakes with a conscious price points so the villages can continue to grow their business. of course, i'm aware that was just the really ReaLLy REALLY short version.

I would need major branding, an online store (as well as store fronts), and lots of support from anyone/everyone. if you think you can fit in this picture i just drew for you hit me up and i'm sure we can make something happen. i hope this makes sense, and if it doesn't, don't worry. i'm just getting started and theres lots of holes to fill. if you have concerns/questions, again, feel free to drop a line.