Marie McCarthy started out as a biomedical engineering major at Northwestern University, with thoughts of becoming a doctor one day. But then she took an art history elective and she knew she had a problem.
The creative world was calling, but she didn't want her parents to think she couldn't hack it in her science major, so she double majored. And that's a pretty good example of how Marie has lived her life to date. In fact, she's still kind of double majoring, running not just one but two completely disparate small businesses: Fiat Lux, a jewelry store in San Francisco's Mission district, and Rose Gold's, a tattoo and piercing shop in Haight-Ashbury.
She has created a life for herself that's unlike anyone else's I've ever met. She's equally creative and intellectual. And she's a confident, savvy business owner from whom we can all learn a thing or two.
P.S. Thank you to Miles Carter for editing!