Establishing your own firm or practice is an incredibly daunting task. From myriad of legal and regulatory hurdles to the financial and career related risks, professionals who choose to start their own firm have to overcome so much and so we wanted to reach out to those who’ve done it successfully for advice, insight and stories.

Janiese Finney

As a Registered Nurse, I worked tirelessly caring for children with various hospitals throughout Los Angeles County. I recognized that children were experiencing extended stays within the hospitals, Many with no visitors, aside from a social worker once a month. I would later learn that these children were in foster care and remained in the hospital because appropriate placement could not be obtained. Read more>>

Kendyll/Travisa Myles/Skinner

The Hike Crew is a DC based startup Minority and Women-Owned small business founded by African American women, Kendyll Myles and Travisa Skinner in January 2021. The Hike Crew organizes hikes, outdoor activities, community and social events designed to foster community, healthy living and volunteerism within the African American community. Read more>>

Jennifer Rollin

I started the group practice The Eating Disorder Center based out of Rockville, Maryland but serving clients in MD, VA, NY, FL and CA, because there were more clients than I could sere on my own and not a lot of therapists that I trusted to refer to at the time. I was passionate about creating a practice where folks in all bodies could find healing from eating disorders and body image issues. Read more>>

Empowered Healing Dallas Danica Harris, Ph.D., SEP & Brittany Escuriex, Ph.D

Hi, we’re Danica Harris and Brittany Escuriex, the founders and co-owners of Empowered Healing Dallas. We originally met in 2016 when we were staff therapists within a large organization. We felt an immediate connection, both personally and professionally, and that year really set the stage for us later founding Empowered Healing Dallas. Within that shared work environment, we often connected around issues of social justice and equity, and we loved challenging one another to grow as therapists and humans. Read more>>

Lizeth Ma

While in college, my mom faced some severe struggles that had her seeking mental health care. As a pre-med college student, I quickly realized navigating the system and seeking help was not only stigmatizing, it was demoralizing. All the clinics we went to were rundown, outdated, and not inviting at all. I knew I had to find the best help for my mom as me and my sister were helping take care of our youngest sibling. Read more>>

Sorin Thomas

I met someone who was out as non-binary for the first time when I was in graduate school, studying somatic psychotherapy at Naropa University. When I met that person, I began to understand my own non-binary gender identity for the first time. Read more>>

Brucee Denise

Funny story. I decided to become a stretch coach and launch “Stretch More” after many injuries and refusing to take pain meds. The fall that pushed me to fulfill my dreams was when I fell walking my miniature poodle, and nothing helped the pain but stretching. My main steps were just to start, and that’s with anything you set out to do. I started by becoming certified as a personal trainer and stretch/flexibility coach. Read more>>

Crystal Jackson

Becoming a Business and a Brand is no joke. I think the main thing is finding something you do without even thinking about it and turn that into a passion. People always say that “hard work equals success” while that may be true, if your doing something you love it wont feel as much like a chore rather than an investment in self! For me, I had to learn the hard way (like most) walking through life confused and millennially depressed lol. Read more>>