“I came out of the back room one day and it was chaos,” she said. “And I thought, I’m killing myself. If I’m gonna do that, I want to do it for something I’m passionate about.” That was the moment. Thirty years in retail — working her way from salesperson to store manager — and it came down to one thought in a stockroom in Longview. Not a grand plan. Not a business model. Just a woman who had spent her whole career being very good at something she didn't fully believe in, fin