We couldn’t think of a better day than Valentine’s Day to publish a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode featuring an ArundelBiz that’s all about self-love: ⁠Levonye Professionals.

We sat down with Yalmikia Edmonds, the coincidentally red- and pink-clad owner of the hair restoration center based in Glen Burnie, to discuss:

• How wanting to continue servicing her cosmetology clients and pursuing new knowledge resulted in building her own business.
• What inspired the “Levonye” name and what makes her business unique.
• The many different hair loss conditions that exist, and why the many ways she treats them is really about restoring self-confidence.
• The most valuable things that she learned from the Inclusive Ventures Program (IVP), AAEDC’s business accelerator program.
• Why she decided to pursue (and become the very first recipient of) a loan from AAEDC’s VOLT Microloan Fund to grow her business, and how she plans to keep growing it in big ways in the future.
• How Claire Huxtable was crucial to her early entrepreneurial mindset.
• Some of the many things that she loves about owning a business in and living in Anne Arundel County.

So tune in for an inspirational episode that’s full of love and yes, plenty of before and after images that you have to see to believe!

LEARN MORE ABOUT IVP HERE: www.ArundelIVP.org

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VOLT MICROLOAN FUND HERE: https://www.aaedc.org/business/financing-and-tax-credits/volt-microloan/