Contributor

Jess Ekstrom

Founder of Headbands of Hope, speaker and author.

Jess founded her company, Headbands of Hope, as a junior in college in 2012. For every headband sold, a headband is given to a child with cancer. The company has been featured on the TODAY Show, Vanity Fair, Seventeen, Lucky Magazine and more. But more importantly, they've donated headbands to every children's hospital in the United States. Jess is also a professional speaker, business coach and author of The Freshman Fabulous: The Girl's Guide to College.