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Oct 2022
28m 35s

Turning Your Hobby Into A Profitable Bus...

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We are chatting with Raquel Acosta the owner and artist behind Glaze Me Pretty, she shares her journey of pivoting careers and building an Instagram following as a ceramics maker. 
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