Guest Profile
Joy Hankins
Joy Hankins is the CEO and visionary of The Joy of Curls, a mission driven textured hair care brand. Fueled by commitment to provide quality botanical products to foster care families, Joy uses a portion of proceeds to donate hair care to kids. After scaling her business with the earnings of several pitch competitions, Joy is excited to offer encouragement and feedback to fellow entrepreneurs.
Joy was selected by Goldman Sachs in their One Million Black Women: Black in Business program, she is the Grand Prize Pitch Winner of the Hyvee OpportUNITY Summit and her Pumpkin Baby product was named “Best For Curly Hair” by Glamour Magazine. Joy enjoys traveling with her husband and small kids, Salsa dancing and all things natural hair.