Minority Business Highlight: Children’s book author inspired by daughter

“Brown Girls Can” by KaMara “KK” White aims to inspire young Black and brown girls. When she was younger, White knew helping people was her dream. At first, she thought that would be through nursing or counseling, but a different path took her through health care administration and project management. However, when 2020 came around and the pandemic hit, White used the opportunity to take a leap of faith and leave her job to go back to school to become a licensed therapist — and then an author. “I’ve always written, and I’ve journaled since I was 10, so I’ve always loved writing, but I had my little girl, and we bought a home in New Palestine not knowing that they lacked a lot of diversity,” White said. “I kept thinking about, ‘What can I do to try to remind her that you could do anything that you want to do, regardless of race or sex or whatever?’ And so, I wrote a children’s book.” “Brown Girls Can” is essentially about her daughter, White said. The main character, Layla, is named for and illustrated to look like her as well. The story follows Layla as she navigates the world, placing...