At first blush, Christina Davis and Joanna Engebrecht don't seem to have much in common.
Davis is a young mom who is building a business out of selling the cookies she used to bake for fun. Engebrecht is a high school student who wants to turn her passion for ceramics into a career.
Johanna Engebrecht
But a new program is banking on the belief that getting the two together — along with about a dozen other creative women — could make entrepreneurial magic.
The program is called MORTAR Indigo. It's a collaboration between MORTAR, the entrepreneurial training program, and Indigo Hippo, a gallery and thrift store for arts supplies in Over-the-Rhine that support mentorship.