This 10 Year Old Girl Has "The Big Idea"

10 Year Old Dasia Dawson is not just your average young lady...or maybe she is...but now she is taking her creative juices to another level.

Story courtesy of By MELISSA HAYES of Burlington County Times

Dasia Dawson has a book of sketches filled with designs for jeans, jewelry
and other clothing.


But Dasia isn't a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, or
even Willingboro High School. Dasia is a fourth-grader at J. Cresswell Stuart
Elementary School.


Dasia may be only 10 years old, but with the help of her parents and
other family members, she recently launched a jewelry line called TUTU Luv Me,
which they hope to expand into a full clothing line later this year.
“She
had the idea, and I took it from there,” her father, Marcus Dawson, said Friday.
“TUTU” stands for “teach you to teach us.” The Dawsons say TUTU Luv Me is
more than a brand — it's a campaign.


Dasia's mother, Shean Dawson, said they want to use the jewelry and
clothing line to teach young girls to love themselves. To carry out that idea,
they plan to hold monthly workshops at the Kennedy Center that will feature
positive role models for girls.


The Dawsons are also launching a Web site, http://www.tutuluvme.com/, and hope to have
blogs where young girls can discuss various topics.


“It's exciting,” Dasia said.

Read the rest of the story from Melissa Hayes and the Burlington County Times

Photo Courtesy of Burlington County Times.

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