Hello Steemit! I'm @bnichellec... allow me to INTRODUCE MYSELF!

Hi Steemians!

How are you doing? I'm excited to be here.

How did I find out about Steem?

I found out about Steem at the end of last year from a client and initially was only planning to buy SteemPower and let it sit. But one night when I couldn't sleep, I went on YouTube and ran across a Hive account@craig-grant video. In this particular video, he talked about how he cashed out all of his cryptocurrencies and invested $13,000 in Steem. This took me down the YouTube rabbit hole and I started looking at Steem a whole new way. Instead of only thinking of Steem as an investment, I decided to contribute to the community so here I am.

So who is Brandy?

I'm honestly a bit of a renaissance women. I love art:

I enjoy helping people find their passion and reach their goals in life:

I make a living helping entrepreneurs, creative professionals, and nonprofits develop their ideas and execute their vision at my company Sustainable Initiatives:

Me and my team of 6 do graphics, business plans, marketing plans, and events. We LOVE what we do. It's nice to be able to support a community of passionate people who want to make a change in the world on their own terms!

We:

And what Renaissance woman doesn't enjoy travel...

Me on the desert in Dubai.

...and food.

Introducing people to healthy food and lifestyle solutions is one of my favorite things. I'm a plant-based chef and I'm always showing people simple, nutritious, and most importantly, delicious plant-based fare:

Cornbread, Black Rice, Greens & Stewed Tomatoes

Peppers, Onions, and Herbs for a Lentil Loaf

Potatoes, Tomatoes and Wine (yes wine is vegan ;)

Jerk Lentils, Coconut Rice & Garlic Spinach

I was excited to find Hive account@vegetarianbaker and Hive account@amy-goodrich when I was trying to decide what I could offer to Steem. It felt good to see that there was a lane for healthy, plant-based foodies here as well.

Hive account@trevonjb post about making $20 a day just commenting here, helped me to stop overthinking and Hive account@jerrybanfield 's post about becoming a Steem Witness, appealed to my overachiever side.

In my spare time, I'm helping to rehab a local park in my community and am active on a few environmental, intergenerational, and youth leadership community boards:

Why am I here?

So all this to say I have a wealth of knowledge in a few areas and am looking forward to sharing it with the Steem community. It's exciting to be at the forefront of a movement that will change how people engage online and build wealth.

Be Well,
Hive account@bnichellec

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(I promise, I'm a real person :)