We Rise. We Grind. is an aspirational, educational and engaging interview style business web series featuring women of color with existing businesses in the area of retail, food, health & wellness and professional services hosted by CEO/Founder of The L3 Agency, Larvetta L. Loftin. Larvetta is focused on empowering and developing the world's next great female leaders.

The featured business owners share their stories of passion, profit, and perseverance for an opportunity to gain access to capital, resources, expert mentorship and technical services. The docu-series video format is an online episodic show on YouTube as LarvettaSpeaks TV that highlights four Chicago women business owners and their companies:

• Ashanti Johnson, Founder of 360mbs

• Ramona Thomas, Founder of My Chocolate Soul

• Alicia August-Wright, Founder of A'Vents by August

• Jermikko Shoshanna, Founder and Patent Designer of Swap-Out Hoodie

Check out their stories at LarvettaSpeaks.com