On August 4th, 1977, my mother was born to my grandparents in the foothills of Northern California. Twenty-four years later, in early May, she brought me into the world in the middle of Arizona. What no one could have predicted was that my mother, Jess, would go on to spend the first twenty-five years of my life instilling in me the belief that I can do anything.

To no one’s surprise, at eighteen I started my first business. At twenty-five — one year older than my mom was when she had me — I launched 1977 Studio, the company I have had a vision for since… 1977. It’s been there all along.