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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A woman in a floral shirt holds a pink circle with pliers at a desk. Several colors of dyes and silver earring materials sit in front of her.

Q&A: NU alumna Kourtney Kinchen on her nonprofit passion project, Encircled Jewelry

May 24, 2021

A&E When a global pandemic disrupted her gap year before law school, Kourtney Kinchen (Weinberg ‘20) started an online jewelry shop. Inspired by Northwestern student-run Friends Who Earring, Kinchen...

Evelyn Molina Pérez (SESP ’19) started her jewelry business, Girasolas, as a junior at NU.

Sunflower, Sun, Waves

March 10, 2021

The Monthly At seven years old, Evelyn Molina Pérez (SESP ’19) asked her parents to buy her a DIY jewelry kit from Ross Stores. Her early love for jewelry making is how Girasolas was born. Molina...

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