4th Annual How She Hustles Brunch at Hotel Ocho
I had the opportunity to capture many smiling faces at the 4th annual How She Hustles Brunch in downtown Toronto at Hotel Ocho. Approximately, one hundred and thirty of them in fact!
The event is all about connecting women with women. Emily Mills is the founder of the fabulous online women’s network and her vision is to connect women “juggling their careers, volunteerism, families & ‘side hustles’.” The fabulous and fearless founder worked the room like no other!
Each and every member stays connected via Facebook and Twitter @howshehustles to share information. The awesome thing about the annual brunch is that you get to meet the people that you’ve been following or communicating with online! Ramie and Paulette as well as Laura and Valerie look like they were able to reconnect and connect with one another!
As Emily put it, the format of the brunch is for the women to share information with one another without a keynote address. She promotes the idea that every woman is an expert in their own area. I can’t agree with her more! Everyone was an incredible wealth of knowledge. Through our table talks over brunch, we learned a few valuable tips! My favorite, from this lovely woman was “‘No, is a complete sentence!”
As the official event photographer, I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to meet these ladies and reconnect with others!
Each of them pursue their various passions in order to live a fulfilled life. I felt so inspired by the little tidbits of information I received. We got to hear from Juno award winner, Kellylee Evans, and Olympic medalist, Ohenewa Akuffo, and personal trainer Chivon John!
Some of the lovely ladies didn’t leave empty handed either! Congrats to Shahla who won the NocaTab! As well as Tashauna, and Josette a few of the giveaway winners!
I also can’t forget to mention the delicious catered lunch by Hotel Ocho! The industrial loft-style venue was the perfect place to have How She Hustles brunch this year. And the dessert table by Shelley’s Catering and Special Events Inc. was seriously tempting and so delicious!
It was incredible to meet each and everyone. The best part is that each inspiring woman is online and we’re all able to keep the conversations and inspiration going through social media. To view more photos, join Emily and the rest of the network @howshehustles on Twitter and Facebook!
Congrats Emily! And thank you for having me at this year’s brunch. I can’t wait for the next one!
