Ella Alexandria Love and three young women in the Angelic & Co. Studio, each holding a bin or box full of packaged products

Radiant Bloom Youth Development · Selma, Alabama

Confidence to grow. Skills for what comes next.

Every young woman deserves encouragement, meaningful opportunities, and the chance to see what she is capable of.

Packing day at the StudioAngelic & Co. Studio · Selma, Alabama

Radiant Bloom brings hands-on learning and mentorship to girls and young women in Selma. Growing from the work of Angelic & Co., we create opportunities to practice practical skills, explore entrepreneurship, and build confidence through real experiences.

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The Angelic & Co. Studio with shelves of products and participants working at tables

The Angelic & Co. StudioHome of the Radiant Bloom Workshops

Small beginnings

Small beginnings. Meaningful possibilities.

In the Angelic & Co. Studio, learning happens through doing. Young women help prepare products, practice working together, and see the care and responsibility behind a small business.

Radiant Bloom Youth Development is growing from these experiences. Our purpose is to offer patient guidance and meaningful responsibility in a welcoming environment—so participants can try something new, ask questions, and discover strengths they can carry into school, work, and life.

Meet Radiant Bloom

What we nurture

More than a finished product.

See how we work

Confidence & communication

Opportunities to share ideas, ask questions, listen to others, and practice speaking with confidence.

Practical skills & responsibility

Hands-on activities that encourage teamwork, attention to detail, problem-solving, and following a task through to completion.

Entrepreneurship & possibility

An introduction to how a small business works—from preparing and presenting a product to thinking about customers, costs, and creative ideas.

Encouragement without pressure to be perfect.

Our approach · Learn by doing. Grow with guidance.

Ella and a group of young women smiling together at a street market in downtown Selma

Downtown SelmaDallas County, Alabama

Workforce development

Selma’s next workforce is in the room today.

Girls in Dallas County grow up where steady work and a first paycheck are harder to come by. Radiant Bloom Workshops are built like a first job: real tasks, real customers, real responsibility, with a mentor beside them.

of children in Dallas County live below the poverty line.

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024

of Dallas County teens, 16 to 19, are neither in school nor working. Statewide it is 8.2%.

Alabama Kids Count, VOICES for Alabama’s Children, 2017–2021

median household income in Selma, about half of Alabama’s $63,999.

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024

unemployment in Dallas County, against 3.5% across Alabama.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Aug.–Sept. 2026

How a Radiant Bloom Workshop becomes workforce development

What Selma gets back, from day one.

Employers’ top skills, practiced early.

Roughly 90% of employers look for problem-solving and 80% for teamwork before anything else. Bloom & Build is built around them: customer-service practice, business math, team product projects, and a closing showcase.

Entrepreneurs who start small.

Small businesses are 99.4% of Alabama’s businesses, employ 46.7% of its workers, and created 79.1% of its net new jobs in 2022–23. Participants learn how one runs from the inside, from costs to customers.

Dollars and experience that stay in Selma.

Workshop budgets go to supplies, journals, printing, and refreshments at the Angelic & Co. Studio in Selma, and every participant leaves with experience she can name on a first application or a first business plan.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimates (poverty, income); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, August–September 2026; VOICES for Alabama’s Children, Alabama Kids Count 2023 County Data Profiles, Dallas County (teens not attending school and not working, 2017–2021); NACE Job Outlook 2025; U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, 2024 Alabama Small Business Profile.

Two participants holding packed shipping boxes ready to send to customers

Order packed · ready to ship

Customer-service practiceBusiness math · product projects · showcase

Two participants preparing rows of product jars on a studio worktable

Bloom & BuildA two-day camp · proposed Nov 23–24, 2026

Up to eight Bloomers

Featured · Bloom & Build, a two-day camp

Give Thanks, Grow Forward

A proposed Thanksgiving break experience. This Thanksgiving, we are seeking community support for Bloom & Build, a small, supervised two-day camp for up to eight girls and young women, hosted at the Angelic & Co. Studio. The camp would bring together creative projects, practical business learning, gratitude, and reflection across both days.

Our goal is $3,000 for the two-day camp. Four $750 camp sponsorships would cover creative supplies, student journals and activity materials, snacks and refreshments, and camp logistics for both days. Support toward a specific need, a contribution of any size, and suitable in-kind supplies are welcome.

Camp goal · two days, November 23–24

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Up to eight girls and young women

Per camp sponsorship · four fund it all

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A glimpse inside

See where the work is beginning.

Rows of jars laid out on tables in the Angelic & Co. Studio before a Radiant Bloom Workshop — *Setting up the Studio*Before a Radiant Bloom Workshop

Two participants holding up bottles they prepared — *Product making*Hands-on learning at the Angelic & Co. Studio

Hands pouring oil into small bottles on a tray surrounded by dried botanicals — *Pouring, by hand*Every bottle filled in the Studio

Ella smiling with a young participant in an orange Back 2 School shirt who holds up a product — *Back to school*Selma–Dallas County Back 2 School event

Hands stirring a pink mixture with dried petals in a bowl — *Mixing a new batch*Learning the recipe from the inside

Ella and three young women holding bins and boxes of packaged products in the Studio — *Packing day*Orders boxed as a team

Hands folding flat cardboard into shipping boxes — *Building the boxes*Shipping prep, step by step

Ella and two young women smiling together at sunset on a riverside walkway in Selma — *Selma at sunset*Mentorship beyond the Studio

A hand holding an open jar of whipped body butter, with dropper bottles behind — *Made by hand*Whipped body butter, fresh from the Studio

Open gift boxes lined with pink crinkle paper, each holding a packaged product — *Boxed with care*Presentation is part of the product

Ella with four young people in white under a tent at an evening community event — *An evening in the community*Out in Selma

Ella and a group of young women smiling at a community market — *Downtown Selma*Radiant Bloom activities in the community

Ella at an outdoor booth holding up a bottle of product — *At the booth*Showing customers what the Studio makes

Ella with two participants in the Studio — *Learning alongside Ella*Radiant Bloom Workshop mentorship

Community invitation

Help make room for her next step.

Your support can help make these experiences possible for local young women. Whether you sponsor a Radiant Bloom Workshop, contribute toward a specific need, or connect us with a community partner, we would love to hear from you.

Talk With Ella About Supporting Radiant Bloom

A journal to capture an idea.

Student journals and activity materials for reflection, goal-setting, and guided learning exercises.

Supplies to try a new skill.

Materials for hands-on product, branding, and entrepreneurship activities.

Encouragement to speak up and keep going.

A welcoming setting where participants can practice new skills and explore their ideas.