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Growing up on the Navajo Reservation, Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-Chachere says she could not have guessed she would one day open the country’s first Native American luxury cosmetics storefront. Now, the founder and CEO of Ah-Shi Beauty is looking beyond Window Rock to Houston and New York City in addition to her regular online sales. The National Center for American Indian Economic Development named her the 2021 Native Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. We’ll hear about her story and her drive to revolutionize the industry for people of color.
Break 1 Music: Dee Zee (song) The Delbert Anderson Trio (artist) MANITOU (album)
Break 2 music: Drum Battle (song) Robert Mirabal (artist) Music From A Painted Cave [Live] (album)