This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

Carmen Jones, a winner from TEDxRVA Open Mic Night, is a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia. She is majoring in Fashion Merchandising with a minor is Business. She currently works in the Arts department as a VCU campus tour guide. Carmen plans to travel abroad this summer to Florence, Italy to study design, fabric making and merchandising. In her free time Carmen enjoys jogging, skateboarding and going to the beach. Carmen has future aspirations to work for an athletic company and design sneakers and uniforms. She hopes to one day get the opportunity to design the US Olympic uniforms.