Hello Beautiful,

I'm Renata Hoskins, founder of Renata's Boutique and creator of Regular Ren - a jetsetting fictional character who's always there to remind you that you're joyful, beautiful, and powerful.

My "Regular Ren" moment - the moment I burst through my glass ceiling - started in high school. I entered a scholarship competition to win $1500. The contestants were asked to write an essay about why they should be given the scholarship.I wrote about how I was raised by a legally blind single mother with a rare eye disease, and how we lived in a single wide trailer on my grandparents property.

I said that given the opportunity, I would graduate college, start a career, and - most importantly - give back to the community.