Entrepreneur Begins Handbag Company That Makes a Difference
The ten years that Pauline Lewis spent as an international market researcher taught her how to navigate the complex waters of corporate America.
But that decade also taught her something else: how she would do things differently.
Lewis, 36, has put that hard-earned knowledge to work. Three years ago, she walked away from her job to create her own company and transform her life and career path.
Her company, oovoo design, creates and crafts hand-embroidered handbags. But the silk and leather mixed-media purses do more than meet the company’s bottom line and decorate the arms of the women that carry them. The development and sale of the purses support two women’s cooperatives in Vietnam…