I met Paola just over two years ago. At the time, she was an ambitious writer and college graduate with a vision to carve out a hopeful and uplifting place on the internet through her blog and social media presence. Fast forward to now, and she has worked hard to not only graduate with her Master’s degree in social media and branding management, but she has continued to inspire and encourage her ever growing readership through her candid and transparent writing and strong sense of who she is and her own faith experiences.

I absolutely loved catching up with her, hearing how she is growing herself and her dreams and plans to start her own business that provides marketable resources to other small business. This lady is gorgeous, not just her smile and her incredible head of hair, but her spirit and passion beams through these images of her. I am so thankful I get to be a part of creating images that support strong women like Paola who lead the way in creating spaces of light in a what can feel like a negative, comparison-fueled dark vacuum.