Mind the Crown Black Business SPOTLIGHT

By Jiccarra N. Hollman

Contributing Writer

“As Brown and Black women, we are told that we need to be strong at all times,” says Adrianna Willis, CEO and founder of Mind the Crown, LLC. “As Black women we are so strong that we sometimes come across as domineering. We have to guard our hearts at all times. We can’t be vulnerable because of the burden of having to be strong,” says Willis.

In response, Willis launched Mind the Crown with the mission to help women adopt a lifestyle that allows them to set boundaries to protect their peace and unapologetically explore the things that bring them joy through the compa-