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Local Legend Spotlight: Kicks by Kenna’s Journey from $20 Shoes to the NFL · Local Legends with Jess: Arizona Edition

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  SPEAKER_03: Welcome to Local Legends with Jess, the Arizona Edition.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm Jessica Benevento, your mortgage matchmaker, opening doors with ease and bringing you the stories behind Arizona's most inspiring people.
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  SPEAKER_03: From best-selling authors and elite athletes to business badasses making moves across the valley.
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  SPEAKER_03: These are the local legends shaping our communities.
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  SPEAKER_03: Get the inside scoop, real talk, and powerful conversations you won't hear anywhere else.
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  SPEAKER_03: Local Legends with Jess, where Arizona's stories connect.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: Welcome to Local Legends with Jess.
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  SPEAKER_03: And Jason.
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  SPEAKER_01: Really?
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  SPEAKER_03: So many.
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  SPEAKER_03: I can't even count.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just told me at 1156.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um before we start, I have such a special guest.
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  SPEAKER_03: Before we get into that, I want to give a special shout out to our sponsor, Justin.
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  SPEAKER_03: Uh Justin takes care of all insurance statewide in Arizona.
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  SPEAKER_03: Do we have homeowners insurance in the same thing?
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  SPEAKER_01: No.
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  SPEAKER_01: No.
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  SPEAKER_01: We should.
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  SPEAKER_03: But Justin treats everyone like their family, truly.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we have our car.
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  SPEAKER_03: I said car.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: But anyway, let's get back to it.
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  SPEAKER_03: I have such an awesome.
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  SPEAKER_01: By the way.
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  SPEAKER_03: You're not supposed to say that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Why?
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  SPEAKER_03: Because you should we we were told not to say it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: You already are fired.
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  SPEAKER_03: Anyway, uh, our special guest today is Miss Kennedy.
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  SPEAKER_03: Kicks by Kenny.
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  SPEAKER_03: So excited.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay, you are our first guest that is truly a guest.
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  SPEAKER_03: Like we usually, I mean, I pick these are all like people that I work with or I'm friends with.
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  SPEAKER_03: And we we bring them on and spotlight them on local legends.
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  SPEAKER_03: But I was introduced to you uh from Alisa and she's like, you need to have this gal on your show.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I'm honored.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I stalked your Instagram and I'm obsessed with you.
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  SPEAKER_03: I just we're gonna get right into this.
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  SPEAKER_03: We're gonna get right back to it.
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  SPEAKER_03: Tell me first off what you do.
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  SPEAKER_02: I make custom shoes.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, I make a bit of everything really.
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  SPEAKER_02: My motto is you name it, I paint it, but I mostly do shoes.
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  SPEAKER_02: So that's what people people know me as the shoe girl.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: And where did this, how was this evolved?
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  SPEAKER_03: How was kicked by Kenneth?
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  SPEAKER_02: It was actually funny enough, it was a COVID project.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I started when I was 16, it was locked down, and I saw it on YouTube.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was a trend going around, and I was saw it, and I was like, I could do that.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I just started painting shoes.
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  SPEAKER_02: And actually, I started first with Sharpie markers, which was kind of crazy.
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  SPEAKER_02: Paint markers, I will say.
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  SPEAKER_02: But actually, I had my dad, I begged him.
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  SPEAKER_02: He took me to um Home Depot.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: I got my very first pack of the Sharpie markers, and that's how I started.
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  SPEAKER_02: My first pair was a pair of Converse for my little brother.
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  SPEAKER_02: I never posted them because I was like, oh my gosh, I don't know if people are gonna like these.
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  SPEAKER_02: But they were really cool.
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  SPEAKER_02: They had like Chinese dragons all over them.
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  SPEAKER_01: Do you still have them?
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  SPEAKER_02: I do.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, maybe I'll send you guys a picture of them.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I want to see that.
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  SPEAKER_03: So you just took a pair and just you were bored.
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  SPEAKER_03: We were all opt, yeah, opt up for COVID, and you just started pretty much.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: That's how it goes.
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  SPEAKER_03: That's how it goes.
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  SPEAKER_03: So how long ago is that?
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh my gosh.
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  SPEAKER_03: So what where were we?
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh, six years, actually.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because I'm going on six years, fourth of July.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So you started with that pair, and then what?
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, and then after that, actually, my mom, she's here today, but she was the one who posted it on Facebook and it kind of got a little bit of heat from my neighbors.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're like, wait, this is sick.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like, I want some.
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  SPEAKER_02: I was like, So cool.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, actually, I have to start doing this.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I started with my neighbors, and then it just kind of snowballed.
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  SPEAKER_02: So word of mouth is great.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's so important to like get out there and start talking about what you do.
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  SPEAKER_02: But after I started kicking off the business, we my first major client was Michaela Skinner for the 2021 Olympics.
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh, wow.
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  SPEAKER_02: And actually, I met her through my gymnastics coach.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: And she was like, I have a girl you should do some shoes for.
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  SPEAKER_02: So she was my very first big one.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then Simone Biles right after that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then I just started snowball, snowball.
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  SPEAKER_02: We started working for the NFL.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then I did Bradley Bozeman.
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  SPEAKER_02: He was playing for the Baltimore Ravens back then.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And from there it just blew up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_03: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_03: So really just social media got you out there.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_03: And never stop talking about what you do.
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  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_03: And especially when you love it.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's easy to talk about.
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  SPEAKER_03: It is.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, so I got a question for you.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because I think this is more of a business question.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you being as young and entrepreneurial as yourself, how did you know how to price out the shoes?
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  SPEAKER_01: Like to begin with, because that seems pretty difficult.
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  SPEAKER_02: It never, it's crazy.
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  SPEAKER_02: It never, you always have to reconsider everything, like time, your years of experience.
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  SPEAKER_02: I have a degree now.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I'm like, I have to, you always have to readjust what you're thinking for what like your talent is worth.
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  SPEAKER_02: When I started, it was hard.
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  SPEAKER_02: I think I was charging 20 bucks.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm dead serious.
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  SPEAKER_02: I think I was charging maybe$20, if not less.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Or just here, have them.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like right.
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  SPEAKER_02: And it evolves, of course.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know, as times go on, it changes.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I when I first started, I didn't know how to price that out.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I just started with what I knew.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you were excited that people were excited to see your artwork.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you were created for it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: But then you realize your self-worth.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then you've and then it got better and better as it progressed.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that's really cool.
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  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_03: You're pretty good.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm glad I hired you.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: So now is mom your momager?
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes, she is.
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  SPEAKER_03: So going back, art.
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  SPEAKER_03: Were you an artist?
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  SPEAKER_03: Because we have a nine-year-old.
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  SPEAKER_03: I was telling you about Sophia, and she's definitely super artistic.
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  SPEAKER_03: We'll just sit and draw or create these things really tiny.
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  SPEAKER_03: She'll make things out of paper and she watches she gets a little bit of a channel.
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  SPEAKER_02: I did that actually.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: That was like when I first started.
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  SPEAKER_02: In fact, I was talking with my mom about this on the way over when I was really little.
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  SPEAKER_02: I used to take paper and I'd make like, I literally, I don't know why I would do this.
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  SPEAKER_02: We'd I'd go under our dining room table and make like elaborate like scenes.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like I'd put like planets up and like I'm like, I'm an astronaut.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I did all kinds of stuff like that.
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  SPEAKER_02: That was like my original like creative itch was like I wanted paper and tape for every birthday.
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  SPEAKER_02: Christmas was so funny.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and then it just evolved into she just started little drawing, and then I told you guys earlier a little bit, but my first painting experience was on shoes or in like art class as a kid.
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  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, painting didn't come until later in life when I was 16.
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  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, drawing was a huge part of my life.
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  SPEAKER_02: Art was always huge for me when I was younger.
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  SPEAKER_02: That was like scratching the creative itch.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_03: So what was when you were younger, what was your ideal future?
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  SPEAKER_03: What did it look like in art?
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  SPEAKER_03: Were you gonna be Yeah?
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  SPEAKER_02: Actually, I don't think I ever even the concept of becoming a professional artist, it's not something people talk about.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like, and it's crazy because I feel like we should.
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  SPEAKER_02: There's so many creative people in the world that just have an idea, but it's not something that exists yet.
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  SPEAKER_02: So you have to be the first one.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And for me, I think growing up, I don't think being an artist was even on my radar.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was like this is a hobby.
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  SPEAKER_02: This isn't something you're gonna do.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like you're gonna do something different.
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  SPEAKER_02: In fact, when I was younger, I wanted to be an astronaut.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is very right field from being an astronaut, but you know, everything's possible.
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  SPEAKER_03: So where are you now school-wise?
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  SPEAKER_03: Are you just finishing?
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  SPEAKER_03: You already got it.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm graduating May 13th.
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh my gosh.
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  SPEAKER_03: So we are like a month and a couple days.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm so excited.
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  SPEAKER_03: What what's your major?
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  SPEAKER_03: Graphic design.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: Now, the past four years in college.
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  SPEAKER_03: Can you say you're walking away and you really got something from your major?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, actually, funny enough, I was talking to my teacher about this yesterday.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um, I think I did maybe in a different way than my peers did because they were there to learn and like this is the skill they're developing.
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  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: Which of course that's why I was there too.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because it's as a business owner, there's always the thought in the back of your mind where you're like, I have to keep improving myself.
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  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: In a sense, whether that be what you're already doing.
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  SPEAKER_02: For me, it was I want to be this as well.
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  SPEAKER_02: So my thought process with going to school in the original way was I want a degree.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because that's how in my mind, I'm going to have that just the foundation of what I do as a business owner and as an artist.
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  SPEAKER_02: So in school, for me personally, I think what happened is I developed because graphic design's hard.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: You kind of, it's a lot different than I think what a lot of people do.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's not art, very separate from art.
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  SPEAKER_02: But what I did get from school especially is like the attention to detail.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: And time management.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_02: That's a huge thing.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because I go to school full time.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I do this full time.
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  SPEAKER_02: So time management and just attention to detail was the biggest things I took away from it.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I loved it.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love school.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'll probably be sad when I'm done.
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  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, I'm excited to be done.
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  SPEAKER_02: So what are what are the plans once you graduate?
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  SPEAKER_02: That's the question, isn't it?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, I'll probably always be kicked by Kenna.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um, I want to do this forever and ever until I can't.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_02: Um, I actually recently got hired on full-time at Paradise Valley City lifestyle.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, well.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I'll be working with Nadine Bubeck, if you know her.
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  SPEAKER_02: And from there, I think I just want industry experience for probably five years because again, I did go to school.
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  SPEAKER_02: I want to utilize that degree for a little bit at least.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then I'll probably just freelance graphic design and from there just keep being kicks by Kenna wherever the life takes me.
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_03: So, how do you like all these uh athletes that you mention their names?
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_03: Where is this just someone refers you to this person and then they see you?
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_03: How does it all yeah?
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_02: It's interesting.
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  SPEAKER_02: I mean, it's a little bit of everything.
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  SPEAKER_02: Instagram is a huge part in that, of course, but it is word of mouth.
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  SPEAKER_02: I feel like you hear about someone doing something, you're like, wait, I want a part of that too.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_02: And that's exactly how it started for me.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_02: And that's how it still goes.
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  SPEAKER_02: In fact, we don't even really reach out to anyone in them anymore.
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  SPEAKER_02: When I first started, I was doing a couple free pairs here and there to be like, okay, this is a really cool person.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_02: I can do a free pair.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna get a little bit of publicity from that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we still do that, of course.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_02: But we more so now it's people reaching out to us.
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  SPEAKER_02: We don't have to reach out anymore, which is probably the coolest thing I've ever gotten to say.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_03: How cool is that to be able to be wanted from yeah, that's it's the biggest blessing.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_03: Definitely hit a uh pinnacle with that.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_03: That's amazing.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_01: Every nine questions I get to ask one.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I found it to be interesting that you said you learned from school you took time management and attention to detail.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_01: And one of the things that you said that struck really interesting to me, and I don't even know if it was a conscious decision you made.
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  SPEAKER_01: The first utilization of like ink on the shoe, you use the Sharpie, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: And Sharpie is like one of the hardest things to delete.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you have to be precise.
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  SPEAKER_01: Did you do that on purpose or did you do it subconsciously?
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, it's hard to because paint is hard too, because you can't really delete it.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_02: It's I I mean, originally it was just like this is what I have available, this is what I know, especially because that's what people were using on YouTube.
• 11:24
  SPEAKER_02: So it was like, well, this isn't really a thing yet.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna trial and error it until we're but I think too, the attention to detail has helped with even just being super precise on what we're doing, because as you said, you can't really delete it.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, that's beautiful.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_02: So tell us what you have here.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_02: This is for Nick Lowry.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_02: His foundation is they're doing a big thing on Easter forever.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_02: It's for champions of the homeless.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_02: And they do a big meal every big holiday.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_02: So they bring people in and they give out flowers and give out clothes, and it's just the coolest thing ever.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_02: But we're actually gonna, I think we're auctioning this off.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_02: But he's the coolest guy.
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  SPEAKER_02: He was a kicker for the Chiefs.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_02: He's in the Hall of Fame, and he he signed the front and back, which was super cool.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_02: I sat with him in his front room and he was just like, and he signed my book, which was super cool.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he's a great guy.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_02: So we're gonna, I'm delivering this to him after this.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, so I thought I'd bring it in to show you guys.
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  SPEAKER_02: You guys are the first ones to see.
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  SPEAKER_01: Amazing.
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  SPEAKER_02: Kind of this is paint.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like literally finish it at four o'clock in the morning last week.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my god, in your room on your bed?
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_03: Like that's what I'm envisioning.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_02: I wish.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_02: I do have a desk now.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_02: We've grown from the bed.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this is a shoe he wore, right?
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_02: It is.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_02: He actually he kicked in it and he brought it out.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_02: It was a coolest thing.
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  SPEAKER_02: He got it in like a storage room in his house, and he was like, Wait, I have this for you.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_02: And just brought out his kicking shoe.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_01: Amazing, and great hair.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah if I remember correctly.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, he does have great hair.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_03: He definitely has hair envy of people.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_03: This, even the shading, how you did that.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that one took a long time.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_02: I'm not very good at funny enough, I'm not very good at hands.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_02: Like in that logo, it has two hands.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, oh boy.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_02: So that is amazing.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_01: That's funny.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_01: It's hands.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_01: I had I always when I I used to draw when I was young, I would always make one good eye.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_01: And then the right eye wasn't great.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: Or the opposite eye, I can never match them up.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: I always found that so hard.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_02: I yeah, I agree with you.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_02: Hands are like the one thing that I'm like, if I could like sit for a day and just practice, it would be hands.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_02: They're so hard.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_02: I could do faces, like whole body shots, but it's like, I don't know, hands are hard.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_03: So if we wanted to like the what did you just get, Sophia?
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_03: Jordans?
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_03: Like just pink.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_03: If we wanted we like if we wanted you to do her Jordans and we gave you the pink Jordans, we could just say, I have an idea.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_03: She's gonna be in the play Annie.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_03: Maybe something with Annie.
• 13:49
  SPEAKER_03: That's cute.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_03: Could we do that?
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_03: Surprise for her for opening day.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, that's so cute.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_03: I love that.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_03: How much time do you need?
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, well, when is her play?
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, end of April, I think the 30th.
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah, we're gus.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_03: Really?
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_03: Yay, I'm so excited.
• 14:06
  SPEAKER_03: You do you do custom.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_03: Like if someone calls anything.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_03: Anything and everything.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_01: Good.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna introduce you to somebody that he's a uh manager of like 30 um athletes professionally.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, perfect.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_02: Your buddy.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_02: Look at that, word of mouth.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_02: See?
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe more.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_01: And jelly roll.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, I've heard a lot about him.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_01: That's his manager.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_02: Oh not me.
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_01: I thought he was me.
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_01: Oh my god.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_03: He's like, come on, give me some credit.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_03: All right, can I share with you?
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, of course.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_03: What I did.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_03: So when I was young, I have a I definitely have a creative side to me.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_03: I'm not an artist.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_03: I could look at things and draw decently, but I'm not, I could never do this.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_03: But in my mind, remember I was definitely anywhere between like eight and twelve, like in that era, because I remember being in our apartment.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_03: And I used to like envision designing shoes, but not drawing anything, but actually gluing fabric and weird stuff.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_03: So I still have that itch in me.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, for my husband.
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, can you grab that bag and grab the shoe out of there?
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_03: So for my husband's 50th, we did a what was the theme 70s?
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_03: So I was like, I'm never gonna find shoes.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_03: So I'm like, I'm gonna design a shoe.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_03: My dog ate the one.
• 15:23
  SPEAKER_03: So I had that happens.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_03: It's the tackiest shit I've ever done.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my gosh.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_03: But how it matched, remember my dress?
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_03: So my dress was this blue sequence, like 70s flare.
• 15:37
  SPEAKER_03: And I wanted something to isn't that hysterical?
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_03: I love it.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_03: Let's trade.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_03: I'll do yours.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_03: You do mine.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_03: You, I'll, I'll make you give me a theme.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_03: No one's ever made me shoes.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_03: Oh my gosh.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_03: Well, I'm giving you this shoe.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_02: Oh my gosh.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_02: Well, thank you.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna put it in a clear box on my desk.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: I love this.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: Isn't that fun?
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_02: It's incredible.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_01: We hope you put your best foot forward.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, thank you.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_02: I'll wear it in graduation.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_02: I'll button another one's house.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_02: Like maybe it's still awesome.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_03: I literally came home and there was blue and gold everywhere.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, I'm gonna put it right next to equal levels.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_02: There we go.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_02: Incredible.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_02: I I mean that's great.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_02: I used to, before I did shoes, I used to glue little like outfits together for my build-a-bears.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_02: So you know, you gotta that's cool.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_02: Love a good glue gun.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_02: I love a good glue gun.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_02: Uh-huh.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_01: I love scraping it off the counter.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_02: It's in fact, we just replaced our dining room table because I got paint all over.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_02: So you know, you gotta start somewhere.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_03: Exactly.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_03: Um okay.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_03: So then what actually would I want to know too, as a young entrepreneur?
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_03: Because I've I've gotten asked it like, what is it?
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_03: Do you have a normal week?
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_03: Like, what is your week now look like?
• 16:58
  SPEAKER_03: Besides school, your business, what is it?
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_02: Oh my gosh, it's so funny too.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_02: Like, I'll come to school and sit down in class.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, yeah, I was just on channel 12 for an hour.
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_02: And they're like, what?
• 17:09
  SPEAKER_02: I it's funny.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_02: It even like it goes as far as to like, it's just every day's different.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_02: We wake up in the morning.
• 17:16
  SPEAKER_02: In fact, we're so old school.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_02: I have a paper calendar that I write everything down on and it's hooked to my fridge.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, yes.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but we every day's different.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_02: It's I mean, even just this week alone, I usually have like two or three events.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_03: Right.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_02: Go on pods every other day, and just whenever there's time, I paint.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_02: So that's why I was up till 4 30 in the morning.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_02: And then also I have fun too.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_02: In fact, we were on the lake.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, we live close to Canyon Lake, so we have a boat.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_02: So we I fit in the fun there too.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_02: I'm still 22 years old.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_02: I think I have fun.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_02: So you have to have fun.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's amazing.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_02: It's just I just love what I do and it's my life.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_03: So this is what I really loved um when I was looking at your page.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_03: You had said there's never been someone that you worked for or worked with that wasn't a great experience.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_03: Is that true?
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_03: I fully agree with that.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_03: Isn't it amazing?
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I also tell what her personality, she's only gonna draw like good experiences.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_01: Even if it's bad, it's gonna be a good experience for you because you're gonna learn from it.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, we've never even had a client or a customer say anything bad, never a negative comment, even on my social media posts, nothing ever.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_02: That is amazing.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_02: It's just been incredible.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_02: I always say that my business is God driven.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_02: So, like, in a sense, it's his hand in everything.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_02: Even the people we work for and the experiences we have, everything.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_02: It's just all according to God.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_02: Love.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: You gotta stop because our next guest is probably crying right now.
• 18:46
  SPEAKER_03: Are you crying?
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_01: You are?
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: Oh.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_03: Your most um like your most memorable exchange.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, exchange of a shoe.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_02: Oh my gosh.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_02: Too many to count.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, we did Damar Hamlin when he had just had his heart.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_01: Oh my god, yeah.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_02: Um it was while he was recovering.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_02: Actually, I reached out to him and just said, I want to help in any way possible.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_02: So we did a pair for him with his it was that heart hand thing that he did.
• 19:17
  SPEAKER_02: You need to paint his hands on it, and we did a big collaboration and did, and it we were raising funds for, I think it was the American Heart Association, and it did pretty well.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_02: I think we raised like six thousand dollars for him and his group that he worked with.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_02: So that's awesome.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_02: That was a huge thing for me.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_02: I just love being out in the community, working with people.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_02: I always say I'm a storyteller at the heart.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_02: That's I mean, throughout all this, throughout childhood, all the arts and crafts, it's always been about telling people stories.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_02: And if I could do that with something I love, then I will.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_03: So are you a part of any um nonprofit charities right now?
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_02: We work with about everything, right?
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_03: Everything, right?
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_03: Everything.
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, this is for change for the homeless.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_02: But I mean, we just anyone and everyone, pretty much.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_02: We've done stuff with Boys and Girls Club.
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_02: Um, really, there's a lot of people.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_03: But yeah.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_03: That's amazing.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_03: Well, thank you so much for being on.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks for having me.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_01: Two cheerleaders now.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_02: You do.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_02: I'm so glad.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_02: I'm so excited.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_01: Your parents did a wonderful job with you, honestly.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_02: Do you have siblings?
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_02: I do.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_02: I have two brothers.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_02: I have a middle child.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_01: Do you fight with them?
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_02: No, actually, not at all.
• 20:21
  SPEAKER_01: Figures.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_02: My older brother and I are um only about 10 months apart.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_02: So we were raised as twins.
• 20:26
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, and we're like the two opposite sides of the brand.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_02: He's a mechanical engineering okay.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_02: He's very, very smart, and I do this.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, that's real cool.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_02: So our parents had their hands full.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_02: Wow, that's awesome.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_02: Will you stay in Arizona?
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_02: I probably will.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_02: I love it here.
• 20:40
  SPEAKER_02: The valley's a great place.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_02: There's uh I mean, I was talking to a friend the other day, and she even said that this is the biggest small business, nonprofit.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this is the largest like saturation of that in any state, any country.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_02: It's all in the valley.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_02: I could see that.
• 20:56
  SPEAKER_02: So I'm I'm probably gonna stay.
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_02: If I can, I will.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_03: I love it.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, thank you for being our.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_03: Thanks for having me.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_03: I'm honored to be your first.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I yeah, you are first.
• 21:06
  SPEAKER_00: Wear this in good health.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_00: I will.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_03: I'll find another one that matches it so I can pictures from graduation.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: Um, I'm doing my grad photos tomorrow at 7 30 in the morning.
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_02: So I'll be there doing that.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_02: I'll bring them.
• 21:19
  SPEAKER_03: Bring them.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_03: I love it.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_03: And then I'm gonna reach out on Sophia's Sophia's kicks.
• 21:24
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, we'll do.
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_02: Let's do some Annie themed.
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_02: That's so cute.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_02: I'm excited for her.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_02: I know, me too.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I select pictures of her and yes.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_02: Well, thank you for being on.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_02: Thanks for having me.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_02: This is a thank you.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: You're amazing.