Contessa Houston on Clubhouse

Bio

I own LURE a retail chain located in Yorktown Mall & Woodfield Mall.

Award Nominated Entrepreneur | E-Commerce Specialist | I’m the Founder/Owner LURE Chaussures, Inc | Girl Boss | Small Business Start Up Consultant | MS-Sustainable Entrepreneurship | MBA-Information Systems

I’ve had a brick and mortar since 2014 and an online store since 2013.
Corporate: Co-Founder| Former Midwest Global Vice President of Culture and Diversity for Pearson Education.

I’m the founder of “The Gift of Glam” Prom Dress Drive & Giveaway as featured on WGN, ABC7, WGN Style Files, WGN Radio, 106.3 Soul FM, Fox 32 Mentioned, Chicago DNA, and more. I’ve dressed 300+ girls for free for prom.

Former dance school founder | owner 15 years + Motions Dance Company

Proud Boutique owner of 8 years and counting. I currently own two mall locations. I started as an online shoe store selling super funky shoes to a niche market of women that had larger feet but loved looking different. I’ve shipped domestic and international and have grown my business 720% this year alone. I’m one of the largest single owned, woman owned, black owned boutiques in the Chicago and surrounding suburban area.

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I’m an avid volunteer and I’ll be launching my nonprofit 2021 and tech biz.