Gloria James
Necessity is the mother of invention, but so is $4 in the bank.
As an electronic media and film student at Towson University, Zara Israel knew what it was like to work hard. She worked three jobs to help support herself through college until she landed a position in tech support that could help pay her tuition and her portion of rent on a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in downtown Baltimore.
“Not only was my rent due, but for some reason, the owners hadn’t charged us utilities and decided to charge us all at once for them and I only had $4 in the bank,” Israel said. With no other options or job prospects, Israel pivoted to turn a side-hustle in photography into a full-time business.
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