Hi, this is Alisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it.

I am so excited to welcome Mindy Shire to leave your mark.

And before I dig in to introducing Mindy formally, I need to tell you a couple things. Mindy and I met many years ago at

this point, and we have one very important, actually two important things in common. Well,

one, not so important, the second very important. One is that she's a fellow fashion industry

veteran. The second thing is we both have sons who have a form of muscular dystrophy. And Mindy Shire is the founder of the Runway of Dreams Foundation, which she started in 2014. And prior to that, she spent 20 years working in fashion on the design team for the ink collection and as a stylist for Saks Fifth Avenue.

And she was inspired to start when we have dreams after her son Oliver, who has muscular dystrophy, dreamed of wearing jeans like everyone else.

And after using her design skills to adapt a pair that met his needs and increase his

confidence, she went on to conduct extensive research to develop modifications that would meet

the needs of the largest minority in our world, people with disabilities. Following the launch

of Runway of Dream,

she partnered with Tommy Hilfiger

on the first mainstream adaptive clothing line for kids

and continues to work with many mainstream brands

such as Coles, Target, JCPenny, and Sappos.

Founded on the basis that clothing is a basic human need,

runway of dreams develops, delivers, and supports initiatives

to broaden the reach of mainstream adaptive clothing

and promote people with disabilities in the fashion industry.

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