MEET KAYLA KALISZUK | YBB CO FOUNDER
Co Founder, Kayla Kaliszuk
The #momboss of the gang.
Kayla is involved with 2 family businesses on the side helping build them from the ground up. @flossybumz & @cherrycreeksoapco
Happily married and mom to 3.5 year old Cruz. Kayla is originally from the Okanagan but moved to the area about 13 years ago! Kayla and her mom started a handmade home & skincare business in 2014 and have been hustlin' in the market scene ever since!
Since of course Kayla isn't already busy enough with that she decided to jump on board this year with her husbands company and dive into the world of retail.
When Kayla's not decorating or cleaning her house you can find her riding dirt bikes with her family, spending time outdoors in BC with her family & drinking wine with the girls.
When approached by Kirsten, Kayla jumped at the chance to join the YEG BOSS BABES team and cannot wait to connect with everyone to share, learn & grow!
MEET KIRSTEN Macdonell | YBB CO FOUNDER
Co Founder, Kirsten MacDonell
from @kirstenkylephotography & full time sales associate in the corporate world.
Kirsten has owned her business for 10 years now and has become best known for her Boudoir work. On top of her business, Kirsten also works full time.
Her plate seems full, but what she likes most is being creative and innovative while supporting other fellow boss babes along the way.
“I saw a need for a sort of, for lack-of-a-better-word, support group for local women who own their own small businesses in the Edmonton area. Over the past five years, I have met some amazing women who are juggling it all on top of starting, growing, and maintaining their own small businesses and I have always felt a special bond with them. They totally get the struggles and accomplishments we all go through and I have learned so much from these women."
“All I want to do is meet more of them, share more insight, learn more from each other and beside each other while growing as an individual too. When women genuinely support other women, it is amazing what can happen. To get an opportunity to meet like minded female entrepreneurs will be empowering and I know that we can all learn so much from one another. I am so excited to see the interest we have already been receiving from fellow YEG BOSS BABES and I cannot wait to see the impact this group will have for all women in the same shoes I am in.”
MEET AMY BENDER | YBB CO FOUNDER
Co Founder, Amy Bender
from @prettydamnclean & @cleaningbender
Amy has owned a operated a cleaning company in Leduc for over 10 years.
Last year Amy launched her line of all natural cleaning & household products called |PRETTY| clean, which is sold at markets and in retail stores across BC & Alberta.
In her little spare time, she has lots of hobbies. Renovating her fixer upper, running her giant dogs, snuggling her bunnies, dirt biking, making music, and drinking lots of coffee & wine with the girls.
She had been wanting to start some kind of girl gang for a while, so when Kirsten brought up YEG BOSS BABES it was a super exciting opportunity! " I couldn't ask for a better group of women to do this with & we are really looking forward to meeting all YOU boss babes!"
