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Hi, it's Mariana.

I am the host of The Life with Mariana podcast and co-founder of Summer Fridays.

In this episode, we've actually got a repeat guest.

It's Castamiko.

She's the founder of Oriam, and it's a beautiful jewelry accessories line.

I'm sure you've seen. Every time you open

Instagram, I feel like one of my friends are wearing their earrings, their belt, their sunglasses.

Cass has just like the best style. I love how I see her style a staple everyday closet with

these elevated accessories to really make the look. If you guys want to learn from Cass

and her really interesting career from being a buyer to content creator to brand founder, keep listening.

And don't forget to subscribe to Life with Mariana for new episodes.

So before being an influencer, you're working as a buyer.

So what were you doing prior to being a founder and content creator?

So I was an assistant buyer.

And I also ended up getting put on a team where I was doing some product development as well. So basically helping with the product

development for some of the in-house private label brands. So that gave me a really interesting

experience because I loved doing it and I was really good at it. And it got to a point

where I was just realizing I was making the company a lot of money for these designs. Like,

they let, even though I was an assistant buyer, they really let me run with the design process for

things. Like I was kind of the main person providing all the inspiration. And then once I was kind of realizing there was such

a ceiling in the corporate fashion world, I was like, wait, maybe if I kind of build up my personal

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