We had the good fortune of connecting with Kalissa Harrison and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kalissa, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
The thought behind Blackbucks, LLC was to dedicate my life and work to circulating the black dollar. Creating a platform to make it easier for the the black community to work together, provide, create and exchange resources and build our community.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Everything I do is from a creative space, whether it business related, creating content, assisting someone with brining their venture to life, or even networking. It could be me sitting at my easel and painting, or sketching on my pad or even writing, my ultimate passion and love is photography, I’m still learning how to work a few things but to me, every expresses a beauty. It all depends on the eye that’s viewing it. I use these same outlets when I am facing challenges, I write, or paint, sit outside at a park with my camera and just snap whatever catches my eye and what it has always taught me was sometimes, just stop and look for the beauty in what is in front of me. Take a breath, or even express the feeling that you are feeling in the art that you are creating. I am actually composing a book now, well over the past few years, telling my story, my traumas, what I felt in those moments and I’ll be presenting the art that I’ve created in that space, in those feelings along with the story. There’s a whole spill to it and I won’t bore you with it, but it is definitely a life project that I am working on and very proud of.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My Mom, Bobbie West My Mentor and Spiritual Teacher, Bah’Dori Oyana
Blackbucks, LLC
Goddess Empire, LTD
Holistic Healers & Creatives Collective

Website: www.blackbucks.us

Instagram: @blackbucksllc

Facebook: @blackbucksllc

Other: Also Goddess Empire, @goddess_3mpire (IG), @goddess3mpire (FB)

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