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The Passion to Purpose tour focuses on the inner and outer aspects of fulfilling a passion through entrepreneurship, careers, life skills, and knowledge. Jae Says ―This is not your average "dream big" or "work hard" forum. It is a key, a blueprint on how to navigate to get from point A to point B. It is a platform where everyday people like ourselves share our stories of the good, the bad and the mundane adventures of our journey. More or less how we made it through the ―fire‖. Often, people see people as their profession whether they are Doctors, Lawyers, Stylist, Actors, Multi Platinum Grammy Nominated Producers but they don't know the struggle. This forum is a way of saying.... Hey, we see you too.” It started off as a one time dual city tour where she and her industry friends from different U.S. cities would share their raw experiences from their perspective fields in an intimate setting to help those pursuing their dreams. Then due to the tours positive impact last year she received an overwhelming amount of request to not only bring it back to the following cities, Louisville, KY and Washington, DC, but to spread the love to the new cities this year which included New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Now looking to expand to Johannesburg, South Africa in early 2018. Jae stated, ―I launched the Passion to Purpose tour to fill a void that I found while working in the fashion industry. I wasn’t surprised to learn that others felt the same void, as there aren’t arrays of open forums for diverse groups of young professionals. I was surprised to learn that serious professionals value candid conversations, as the Passion to Purpose audience craved our dialogue regarding the good, bad, and mundane scenarios [that arise while] working in our various industries.