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From the offices of Creighton Cultivate, I'm Jacqueline Johnson, the host of Work Party.

A podcast for ambitious women looking to create and cultivate the career of their dreams.

Work Party is paving the way for a new generation of women, women who are redefining the meaning

of work on their own terms. Every Wednesday we bring in leading female powerhouses for

real talk and BS free advice on building your business. You'll hear from female founders,

CEOs, entrepreneurs, creatives, and so many other badass ladies. Are you ready to create and

cultivate the career of your dreams? And tune into Work Party, the podcast. Be sure to subscribe

to the show and never miss an episode.

Back to the Life with Mary and a Podcast. In this episode, I'm joined by fellow influencer

and entrepreneur Tessa. She's the founder of the Tessa app for filtering your Instagram photos,

the Buy, Tessa collage kits, and Lello I wear. Tessa has some incredible stats including 1.3

million Instagram followers, 15 million app downloads, and 3 million monthly app users.

Since she's a mass such a large following and grown her business so quickly, we talk about what

her special sauce is when it comes to creating content, tips for taking pictures with an iPhone,

and how she trusted her gut by making some big life changes and moves. Before we get into the episode,

be sure to subscribe to my podcast. I've got new episodes every Tuesday and leave me a rating

review if you're loving the podcast. And while you're at it, leave me a comment on Instagram and

let me know something you learned from this episode. Now let's hear from Tessa.

Okay, so before you were an influencer, what did you do before pursuing influencer

life full-time? And when did you move to New York? Such a great question. I started out as

kind of like really diving into fashion design and music and photography. It was all kind of like

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