Baltimore's Own, Takia Ross, to participate in a Leading Global Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs

BALTIMORE - Jan. 23, 2019 - PRLog -- Hundreds of women business owners from around the world applied for forty-five open fellowship slots to participate in Vital Voices VV Grow Fellowship and Baltimore's own Takia Ross, Owner and Lead Make-Up Artist of Accessmatized, LLC was named a 2019 Vital Voices VV Grow Fellow.

The VV GROW Fellowship: A Leading Global Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs is a highly competitive one-year global accelerator program for women owners of small and medium businesses. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to networks to grow their businesses and increase their leadership impact. Through online and in-person trainings, fellows focus on strategy and long-term business value paired with action-oriented plans. They amplify their role as leaders in their businesses and their communities to create jobs, stimulate long-term economic growth and produce wider social benefits.

The program is made possible with the support of our donor partners, the Global Founding Partner of the VV GROW Fellowship, the ExxonMobil Foundation and Platinum Sponsor of the VV GROW Fellowship, FedEx.

Takia's Baltimore based business, Accessmatized, provides professional, affordable, and reliable make-up artistry services that meets the needs of her clients busy schedule by offering appointments as early as 4am and as late as 11pm.  In addition, Takia and her team give their clients service location options to include their newly opened make-up studio located at 2300 Russell Street in the Westport community of Baltimore City, the neighborhood in which Ross grew up, a location of their client's choosing, and Pretty Mobile Baltimore; DMV's First Mobile Make-Up Studio.  Pretty Mobile is a 16-passenger wheel chair equipped vehicle that Ross and her family fabricated to hold up to 3 artists, 9 clients, has a small dressing room, refreshment and wifi.

Not only has Ross been making strides in business since opening her doors in 2013, securing over $65,000 in funding for her endeavors by winning local and national business plan and business pitch competitions; but Ross has also used her voice to advocate for other women in business.  She was recently quoted in FORBES after sharing her entrepreneurial journey at the 2018 Circular Summit and that same year she created and hosted her first annual So You Want to Pitch Conference where over 60 business owners attended to learn how to plan for, prepare to, and pitch their business for funding.

Takia Ross says, "This is an amazing opportunity for me to learn from and grow with Women CEO's from around the world and bring this knowledge back to Baltimore to pay if forward." To learn more about Accessmatized, visit http://www.accessmatized.com.