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Podcast: WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY
Episode: Episode 54, Cassandra Bankson, Online Beauty Pioneer - Bullied - But Not Broken | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
Description: As a model and YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers, it would seem Cassandra Bankson leads a charmed life. But just a few short years ago, she was the scourge of her peers, mercilessly bullied for extreme cystic acne that covered 90% of her face and upper body. Years were spent enduring stares and taunts of Worthless! Disease! Filthy! Outside of school, her afternoons were spent cycling through endless doctors appointments and medications in what would prove to be a futile attempt at a cure. Acne ruled her life, until she listened to her gut - literally...