our story

When God impressed a tattoo studio on my heart, I ignored it.
Surely I couldn’t handle a responsibility like that. Surely someone who came from generations of low-income families, someone who didn’t graduate college, could even know where to begin opening a business. But God impressed it on me again in September 2020... in the middle of a pandemic. So badly I wanted to say no.

"God, what if I can’t afford to pay the bills of both the shop & home rent?"
"God, I don’t want to leave a shop with the highest reputation in my city. I don’t want to lose their friendships."
"God, I’m scared people will talk about me for bringing Your name into an industry that isn’t associated with You."

I was reminded of something important though: I told God no matter what, however scary a situation, however much it might hurt, I'd say "yes" to Him—I'd choose His will over mine.
So with doubt & fear in my heart, I drew this image of what I felt the shop would look like...
A few months later, that drawing became real.

With God by your side & a "sacred yes" uttered from your mouth, anything is possible.
-Jazmin Santiago

“I’m obviously not trying to flatter you or water
down my message to be popular with men, but
my supreme passion is to please God. For if all I
attempt to do is please people, I would fail to be
a true servant of Christ.” -Galatians 1:10 TPT