Tessa Reeves
Akron, Ohio, United States
"Chief Neighbor" at Neighbors Apparel
After an eye-opening sting in the NYC fashion industry, Tessa put aside her dreams of climbing the masthead at Vogue and set out to find a career where she could use her education in a more meaningful way. Eyeing the non-profit world, she fell into community development work as a volunteer in Akron, which was her first introduction to the city's refugee community. She soon fell in love with inner-city work and the diversity found in Akron, and decided she felt the call to do life there. When pre