Interview: Featuring Datreese, A Full Time Student and Owner of The Melanie Dolls
Photos Provided by: Datreese Thomas Felecia: Please tell me a little about yourself that you want readers to know about the person behind the beautiful dolls. ● My name is Datreese Thomas, I am 23 years old, a full-time student at The University of Houston, and a full-time entrepreneur. One thing that I love to tell other people about me is that I am a child of God. I thank God every day that there is a God and for saving me from myself. Felecia: The fact that you quit your job and stepped out on faith to start your business is amazing. Can you tell me just a little bit about that? ● It’s so funny because when I first started my business, I didn't really believe in God like that. At that time, which was in 2021 I was very young and very lost. But I started to have. this idea of starting a black doll company that I could not get out of my head. And because I was a broke college student, and knew that it was such a great business idea, I started to really go for it lol. But in th