Hanna Olivas

My journey into media was honestly an accident. I spent a little over two decades as a journeyman makeup artist in Los Angeles, working on film sets and fashion shows. In 2019, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, what they considered a terminal cancer, and was told I only had a year to live. That diagnosis changed everything. I was already operating a nonprofit at the time, and during the pandemic, I was having a whiteboard session with my oldest daughter, who is now my business partner. We were seeing a lot of really bad things happening with women in business, so we launched an Instagram page with inspirational quotes. That led to writing a book, which led to a podcast, and the podcast led to everything else we are today at She Rises Studios. Now I spend most of my time building relationships with other companies and media outlets while managing and sharing who we are and what we do. I protect the brand and reputation. We have 15 different magazines published monthly, Phoenix TV, our podcast, and recently launched The Sheconomy focusing on women's wealth and health building. We've published over 1,800 women's books since we opened. I still go to treatment every month, but I'm still here, and we just signed a national partnership with iHeart about almost 2 months ago.