Reeti Roy is the Founder and CEO of Aglet Ink, a bootstrapped creative content services firm.
Evelyn Wong is a full time artist, part-time professor, and the owner of Fireball Bookbindery.
As a leader and educator working in a space where many of my students look like me, it’s become vital to help provide that next step in order to help others get their voices heard, dream and dare to hold onto goals, take those next steps forward in order to normalize success for people of color in the mainstream and not just within our own cultural communities.
I turned my back to the crossroads to face you, to see you, to feel you. / I sit by the pond, barefoot. Flowers are crowning my feet, and my gaze coating you.
We have no bazzar to turn to so we must create it / Because if not the majority will take our culture and claim that fast fashion made it
This industry has the chance to be expansive, inclusive, and inventive. By highlighting marginalized voices and consulting the people who are most affected by social injustice, we can foster an environment that is truly diverse.
Without the collaboration of these two creators and their willingness to navigate the business world of children’s books, this change would not have been possible.