For Women’s History Month, KC Black Owned is highlighting women business owners and celebrating their strength, tenacity, and their persistence.

Today is the last day of Women's History Month so it is only fitting that we highlight a woman whose business is built on the desire to empower other women in a field where there is little research, very high stakes, and a disappointing amount of misinformation: birth.

Alana Henry, owner and editor in chief for The Writique, a resume service, is especially inspirational. We admire her mission-focused work and her advocacy and are truly proud to call her a member of KC Black Owned.

Women small business owners have come a long way in the past few decades. Despite barriers women face, like access to capital, family care, and inequitable tax codes, women entrepreneurs continue to persist. Through creative and innovative ways, women like Tamara MCConnell, mixologist and owner of Breathe Beverages, break down barriers to success and take on entrepreneurship with elevated style.

According to Pew Research, more than half of Black Americans believe that supporting Black businesses, or buying Black, is important in propelling Black people closer to equality here in the U.S.

Porshia Mitchell, owner of Cocoa Spaces, is a great start to our series with her wise words to those who wish to follow their dreams and chase their own versions of success: “We limit ourselves based on what we are taught,” she writes, words full of pensive wisdom “it is our job to expand beyond our four walls and seek more. There is so much on the other side of fear.”