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An old picture of 3-year-old founder Angelina Cicala with the braids with her great-grandmother, her grandmother, and her mother

THE ORIGINAL Game-Changer 

Four generations of women in my family- my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, and me! Yes, that's 3-year-old me with the braids.

This photo captures the very essence and story behind the brand, "Don't play the game, be the game-changer." My great-grandmother, an Italian immigrant, tragically lost her mother during childbirth. She endured a challenging childhood and adolescence in Sicily.

At 17 years old, not speaking a word of English, she crossed the
Atlantic by herself. She decided to be a game-changer and set her sights on America. New York City became her new home, and she worked in sweatshops as a seamstress sewing American flags. 

If she didn't have the grit, courage, resilience, determination, and tenacity to write herself a different story, I would not be here today. In my life, she is the original game-changer.

To all the game-changers and those who aspire to be one, this is for you. 

Don’t Play the Game, Be the Game-Changer.