Redesigning the Skin I Am In: Carmen Jones at TEDxRVA

Carmen Jones, a winner from TEDxRVA Open Mic Night, is a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia. She is majoring in Fashion Merchandising with a minor is Business. She currently works in the Arts department as a VCU campus tour guide. Carmen plans to travel abroad this summer to Florence, Italy to study design, fabric making and merchandising. In her free time Carmen enjoys jogging, skateboarding and going to the beach. Carmen has future aspirations to work for an athletic company and design sneakers and uniforms. She hopes to one day get the opportunity to design the US Olympic uniforms.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)