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AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Health-Ade Co-Founder Vanessa Dew

Casey DelBasso • May 30, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Health-Ade Co-Founder Vanessa Dew

If you know me, you know how passionate I am about celebrating female entrepreneurship. I love to share stories of business owners who have overcome obstacles, navigated career pivots, and embrace their voice with confidence.

Vanessa Dew, the Co-Founder, and CSO of Health-ade (Kombucha) shares how she navigated her career journey while embracing her true voice and family heritage. In Part One of my three-part series, Vanessa admits that at a young age she was a “denier” of her roots. It wasn’t until her later college years that she had a ‘come to Jesus’ moment that inspired her to love her rich heritage and consciously decided to use it to inspire her success. In the next two episodes of our series, we talk about her career pivot, how Health-ade was born, and so much more! Stay Tuned. 

You can follow Vanessa on Instagram @v_dew

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