Local entrepreneur Camille Weston launched her digital marketing agency, Nona Rose Agency, this summer and is growing her business and herself in the process.
Weston grew up on a farm in Indiana and was homeschooled until eighth grade and the now 20-year-old had always been determined to become a doctor. Weston said her plan was to major in genetics at BYU then attend medical school at the University of Utah, following in her father’s footsteps.
While she began to execute this plan with introductory courses at BYU, Weston quickly realized it may not be right for her.
“All of a sudden it wasn’t the same passion I’d had,” Weston said. “I was like, ‘Wait, I don’t know if I want to do this for the rest of my life.’”
Camille Weston stands at her desk. Weston launched Nona Rose Agency, a digital marketing start-up, this summer. (Camille Weston)
After not knowing what to do, Weston thought about a variety of majors, but settled on entrepreneurship. She started taking classes and was accepted to the program, which was what she called a “complete 180” from what she had intended to do with her future.
Weston came to the realization that she was more experienced than she had initially thought.
“I actually had done a lot of entrepreneurship throughout my life,” Weston said. “I just hadn’t really realized that it was entrepreneurship.”
Weston said she had not previously understood that her upbringing was different as it allowed her to practice entrepreneurship from a young age by selling chicken eggs and produce from their family’s farm.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Weston picked up photography as a new hobby to stay busy during her senior year of high school. Her newfound hobby became a side gig as a wedding photographer, which she continued into college.
“Entrepreneurship had always been a big part of my life, but I hadn’t ever really been like, ‘This is something I could do full time,’” Weston said.
She said she had always viewed…
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