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Blythe Hill Highlight
If you can impact even one person in a way that’s really lasting, that’s a big deal.
About Blythe
- I started at California State University, Fullerton as a theater major, quickly realized that wasn’t for me, and changed my major a couple of times before finally settling on English.
- When I graduated with my bachelor’s degree, the recession had started, so I retreated back to graduate school and got my master’s degree in English.
- Throughout school, I held multiple writing, editing, and photography jobs.
- While pursuing my master’s, I needed a creative outlet, so I decided to use clothing to express myself and wore dresses for a month straight—the challenge became the inspiration for my nonprofit.
- After graduate school, I moved to Los Angeles and worked as an account manager for a fashion forecasting company.
- In 2013, I turned my dress-style challenge into a campaign for an organization I respected—with their social media promotion, “Dressember” raised $165,000 for anti-trafficking work in just one month.
- Shortly after, I took the steps to make Dressember an official nonprofit organization...but I also had to work a few part-time jobs as the company was starting out.
- I now manage the Dressember Foundation full time—since 2013, we’ve raised more than five million dollars for anti-trafficking work internationally!
