Who or what is your inspiration in business?

Tony Robbins changed my trajectory at 17, before I had a business, he gave me a framework for one. Beyond that, my mother Sangeeta built NIWE from nothing, proving that vocational education could transform lives. I'm inspired by the students we serve mostly immigrant women using beauty as a vehicle for financial independence. Proving that a trade school can be world-class is what gets me up every day.

How do you stay motivated?

I track everything. Watching retention climb from 58% to 73%, enrollment hit 462, revenue scale from $600K to about 5 million the data keeps me hungry. But the real fuel is knowing the ceiling hasn't been reached. We're building systems that will outlast me, serving students who have no other path to economic mobility. Stagnation is my biggest fear. That fear is a better motivator than any goal.

What would you do with the $25,000?

NIWE has graduated 3,500+ beauty professionals. Many dream of owning their own salon or spa but lack startup capital. I'd split the $25K into two $12,500 entrepreneurship grants for graduating students with a business plan and the drive to execute. We're not just training technicians , we're building the next generation of beauty entrepreneurs. This is how impact compounds.