"Don't be shy about your dreams." How Ann Ueno found her way from rural Illinois, to leading digital marketing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Chicago and New York City, to Miami and followed her dream to become an interior designer and founder of her own Interior Design firm, Studio 790 in Miami, Florida. She is also a single mom to a future female leader.
- How Ann's 20 years of corporate hospitality and digital marketing experience helped her to build a brand and business and why she believes building teams is her super power. She talks about the importance of building a strong healthy work culture.
- How her boss at the time asked her to help design an office space that launched her into more projects, led to her dream job as a female business owner, self-taught designer and following her passion for design.
- Why she chose to believe in herself and blaze her own path - resisting external feedback that she had to go back to school to be an interior designer and why she believes you can break through self-doubt and find your own path to pursue your passion too.
- How after she quit to focus full time on her new interior design firm, she faced divorce as a single mom, and what happened when she had to start over and refinance her own home.
- Why she believes our homes are the most sacred place and an extension of who we are.
- What being a mom means to her, and how she prioritizes quality time with her daughter as a single mom and business owner.
- Why investing in building community and healthy relationships, being generous with your time and finances are so important in daily life, and especially when trauma hits your life.
- How solo trips have been transformational for her as a working mom and why she believes it is important to prioritize trips by ourselves.
Link to Studio 790 and the company's mission is to give everyone the opportunity to love the spaces they live, learn, play and work in.
Follow the team's incredible gorgeous design work at @Studio790.
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