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Interview with DeAnne Wingate

DeAnne ascended the corporate ladder at a large media company early on in life. Despite having the trappings of success, she felt unfulfilled. She quit her job to find her life's purpose and spent a year in Mexico. She unplugged and reconnected with what mattered to her.
After returning from Mexico she traveled to India to work with women and children forced into the sex trade. This experience ignited her passion to begin a nonprofit, Rippled Purpose, which provides education (and love) to children in India. Education is a key factor in preventing trafficking and abuse of children.
Rippled Purpose has grown its impact significantly since it was founded (2012) and will impact over 200 children next year. Her grand vision is to provide assistance to change-makers throughout the globe.
She founded Blessed Lotus, an apparel company that sells tunics, as a way to creatively fund her nonprofit and to earn a salary for herself.
DeAnne has used various crowdfunding sites to help fund the production of tunics and, discusses how a recent Kickstarter campaign helped her refine Blessed Lotus' direction. She currently has a campaign running on mumzy.com to fund production of her tunics.
Social media is one of her most appreciated tools. She shares her trick to make interacting on social media fun.
DeAnne is a single mom and has learned to maximize her time. Her morning ritual includes practicing gratitude, praying, meditating, and writing. She also takes a morning walk with her son where she affirms the good things in him and does the same with herself.