Welcome to episode 5 of Today is the Day Changemakers, 'Where You Start is Only Part of the Journey.'
In this episode, I interview Kristina Henderson, CEO, Henderson Promos and 2020 Mrs. New Jersey American. Henderson Promos is a certified women owned business. The concept for this business started with Bart, Kristina's husband, making t-shirts in their kitchen to help fund his college education. Kristina's journey did not start with her thinking that she would be a business owner leading an organization, but where you start is truly only part of your journey.
This interview is a great example of how following your heart and doing what you love can lead you down multiple paths until you come upon the one that really lights you up. It is what you learn along the way that helps to create who you are today. We are all evolving and as long as we stay open we are able to give ourselves permission to follow our truth.
Kristina started here career path as a flight attendant, went off to community college, went to Boston University for journalism, and found a love for giving back along the way. Now she is doing that through working with many not-for-profit organizations including Tigger House Foundation, Fulfill, Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, and the Zzak G. Applaud Our Kids Foundation, amongst others. Her and her husband Bart, also founded the Giving Back Forum in 2019 bringing many non-profits together to share their missions and programming. Kristina and her husband Bart through Henderson Promos just donated 100,000 PPE masks. They are on a mission to distribute them to food banks and non-profits across five states
When listening to Kristina share the answer to 'if I knew then what I know now" you will hear a resounding theme. Truly all about confidence, believing in yourself, and not listening to the noise that sometimes surrounds us.
Thank you to Kristina for sharing her journey. We wish Kristina good luck as she heads to Las Vegas to compete for the Mrs. American National title!
On the next episode of Today is the Day Changemakers, I welcome Andrea Plaza, Founder & Chief Storyteller of Andrea Plaza, LLC. The title of the episode is Let Your Passion Drive Your Purpose. I am so excited to share this next episode as it also speaks to why people are put in our path.