SHEspeaks S2 Ep6: Shovann Staton-Backus

SHESpeaks, the Young&BosSHE podcast

This month, in honor of PRIDE, we’re celebrating LGBT+Shes and this month’s guest, Shovann Staton-Backus, better known to many as The Stiletto Chef, has dedicated her entrepreneurial venture to celebrating the crazy, fun, flavorful and sexy side of cooking and food. Though she teaches women how to meal prep through viral cooking videos, her business is about much more than that. As a member of the LGBT community, Shovann sees her work as an opportunity to truly see all people and encourage those around her that they are ok, whole and accepted. Shovann tells us about the significance of her work with the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce which recently resulted in a historic Executive Order that affirmed inclusion for LGBT-owned businesses as a recognized category for Metro procurement. She goes on to discuss her work as an entrepreneur, the intersection of her identity, the importance of transparency in business and her dedication to living in her own truth and encouraging those around her to do the same.