Turn Passions Into Cash

" Hey it is your money stay at home moms are taking matters into their own hands and turning their passions in the cash. Marty -- visits to a mom who found success supplement in the Stanley Cup while helping women around the world -- insane. In today's economy."

" I mean many moms and China got away from an entire household and -- that we aliens come up short on ideas. -- handle what you enlighten me then we all have talent then things that are passionate about. Whenever I can make those things into a career -- that mommy says that. Flu like you meters him. -- and -- where women and when I was pregnant with my daughter grace. I decided that I wanted to continue to work but I wanted to be able to do it. I'm my own time at home and I want to -- continue working and something has passion about. So I started my company amnesty importing products from women that I had met in Latin America and southeast Asia so that I can that I economic opportunities -- them. Selling their products here and then."

" A year career took you to these places. Can tell me briefly what you did."

" I worked for an organization called medical teams international and I traveled. I really don't Latin America and my job there but through that were mad men and women who are making. Some of these products you know his imminent underestimate the ceramic -- and that. And I Hollywood women how to access to economic opportunities they use that money for their children and mundane some of the school aid by closer than they pay for them. And health care yeah. And so when I decided to start this company -- it was a great -- that I can continue to help. Those women. Help central -- for their children's."

" beyond the bags come from a group of women in Thailand. And these silk bags on hand woven silk is a group of women up in the villages -- amounts -- we just fill my hands. The Senate filter down into the city and then a different group that seems to assist those in the bag -- these candles are really holding come from I'm Mayan people and Guatemala. And they use seen him Waxman either growth in the native forest there that is an incentive not to cut down. They're forests that -- probably want all of coming -- in the heartland. That this is provided an alternate income everything he. The trees. People look it at my products makes -- lots of beautiful bag I like it even more because. I know something of the people who make an -- as you mentioned because there's no middle person that you're able to Haiti's and -- a nice. Price for the exact place. Wildlife products -- what's called fair trade and what that means is that the -- you make it first and foremost they get a living wage for -- for their work. It also means emergency working conditions -- means that there's -- children involved in making the product it means. Everything is made easy sustainable. Resources not being an enforcer after making an excellent. Authorities went back -- talk a little bit about the challenges what was your biggest challenge. The big challenge so probably isn't how to balance running this business. At home. With a two year old and still being available to her because -- was the whole purpose you know was being able to to be at home but still. -- have a career in. It's starting you know to be more and more lucrative -- my -- my goal going into this was not for it to be of primary source of income for the family back. To be -- supplements. My husband incontinence. And even more just so that I could stay connected to my passion to be involved helping women in other countries."

" My -- advice to be just. To go forward if you have an idea and you happen in your passion about you think it might translate into a way to make more money. To just try it because I think you pass up I'm seeing. It clicks it work."

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