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Podcast: Finding Founders
Episode: #80: Imani Ellis - Hosting Thousands from a Harlem Apartment, Channeling Ambition, Creating Community, and Founding CultureCon in NYC
Description: In today’s hyper-individualistic culture, creating community is more important than ever. In this episode, we dive into the idea of creating community with Imani Ellis, founder of The Creative Collective NYC which hosts CultureCon.
Imani Ellis was driven by her competitive nature and ambition as a ballerina for 14 years, becoming the first black ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet in 75 years. After quitting ballet, track took her on a full ride to Vanderbilt University where she realized her dream of pursuing work in entertainment.
Through that same tenacity that drove her athletic pursuits, Ellis started wo...