Woke Wednesday // Meet Charmi Patel Peña, New Jersey Wedding Photographer

Woke Wednesday // Meet Charmi Patel Peña, New Jersey Wedding Photographer

Charmi Patel Peña is a woke wedding photographer in New Jersey. In this interview with editor Liz Susong, she talks about forming her identity as an Indian-American woman, defying pressures to pursue a numbers-based career, and disrupting patriarchal culture from the inside.

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Urban Set Bride: Mother and Daughter Team Up to Change the Face of Bridal Boutiques

Urban Set Bride: Mother and Daughter Team Up to Change the Face of Bridal Boutiques

Overall, my experience as a wedding planner, a feminist, a millennial, and a newlywed gave me the insight I needed to create my own career and fulfill a need in the bridal market. I trusted my instinct, I embraced my mom’s wisdom and knew she was the person I wanted to stand by my side, and we never let anyone tell us our ideas weren’t good enough. 

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