Channel: New York Magazine

Category: Entertainment

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Description: In this week’s episode of Next Level, host Devine Blacksher chats with To the Nile designer and branding creative Katra Awad, who’s been creating and selling small-batch jewelry since she was just fourteen years old. Despite the stresses of the pandemic, she’s started a new collection of prints exploring her Egyptian-Mexican cultural background, “The Heritage Series.” Katra’s been able to maintain motivation because of her ability to ground herself — she swears by breathing exercises, sunbathing, dancing, and weekly hikes.