From teenage runaway to homeless single mother to girlboss extraordinaire, meet million-dollar entrepreneur Mimi G:
Growing up in Chicago, Goodwin spent summers in Puerto Rico with her father, cutting up and re-sewing anything she could get her hands on, but ran away from home just a few years later at the age of fifteen.
At first, ‘Mimi G’ shared her personal sewing projects and patterns online, somewhat accidentally teaching people to make clothes they wanted to wear but couldn’t afford to buy. After signing her first licensing deal for a pattern line with Simplicity, ‘Mimi G’ began creating a community of DIY sewists that loved getting crafty as much as she did.
In 2016, Sew It Academy launched with one course, offering a new class each month to build on the skills learned in the previous lesson. Mimi G Style Inc now generates seven figures from a series of branded products and sponsored content, while Sew It Academy makes over a million dollars a year selling affordable sewing school subscriptions.
so took to Instagram to call out Joann's, Hobby Lobby, Michael's and Simplicity Patterns for their lack of solidarity“I felt that if they couldn't publicly support the black and brown community that spent their hard earned money on their products, then maybe it was time for me to rethink those relationships,” she says.
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