Gurjit Manhas, an elementary school teacher from Toronto, Canada, experienced a tough upbringing. Hailing from an Indo-Canadian immigrant family, growing up she did not get to experience a lot of joys that childhood had to offer. “There was a lot I was deprived of growing up. My clothes were mostly hand-me downs from my male cousins, I didn’t have a lot to play with  and most of my toys were other kids’ lost and abandoned ones that my dad or grandma would bring home. I learned early on to not ask for much after being turned down enough times. Instead, … Continue reading Channelling difficulty into creativity: How this female founder took postpartum depression and turned it into her own brand ‘Crescentt’