Moving Abroad to Play Professional Basketball + Being an Entrepreneur in Australia

Podcast

May 25

SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 |Flourish in the Foreign - Black Women Living & Thriving Abroad

In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Valerie shares her journey from corporate finance professional to MVP professional basketball player to ethical entrepreneur and Aboriginal community ally.

Episode Transcript

Did you know that there are over 500 Aborginal tribes currently in Australia? Indigenous Australians currently only make up 2.4% of the Australian population. [Source]

Meet Valerie

Valerie Weyland (formerly Valerie Ogoke) is an explorer at heart, always open to what life may bring. She is a business owner, meditation facilitator, health + wellness coach, and a reiki healer. She is Nigerian-American and was born and raised in Inglewood, California. Currently residing in Perth, Western Australia, she founded Brown Girl Bloom in 2017. Brown Girl Bloom curates safe spaces for women of color to thrive with a focus on holistic wellbeing. She is also the co-founder of Ayune Hair, an ethical South East Asian human hair extension business that focuses on re-defining the strands of beauty. Her passion lies in being in complete alignment with her truth, living a purpose-full life, developing soul sister connections, and community empowerment. She is an avid lover of all things spiritual. She believes that there is an abundance of beauty all around us, we simply need to open our heart to truly experience it.

Connect with Valerie:

https://instagram.com/brownbelleabroad
https://www.youtube.com/c/BrownBelleAbroad
https://www.instagram.com/ayunehair/
https://www.instagram.com/browngirlbloom/

https://www.ayunehair.com/