SALOUA IBALINE understands firsthand the difficulties of starting and growing a business as an immigrant and felt compelled to share with the world of stories behind successful immigrant women entrepreneurs, like herself, in the United States, Saloua Ibaline was born in Morocco and emigrated to Belgium with her mother as a toddler, At 20 years old, she emigrated again to the United States, this time on her own. Alone in New York City, with neither money nor connections, she worked her way up from nothing, eventually creating her own successful business, Today Saloua is an established entrepreneurship coach, an author, and runs multiple small businesses.