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Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden

Liftoff Journeys with Jeanniey Walden

Francis Tesmer Built What Should Have Existed Decades Ago and Nobody Can Look Away

Apr 24, 2026 · 34m

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There's an entire workforce out there, millions of women, who have been told for decades that their career has a ceiling. Francis Tesmer decided that was done. She didn't just talk about it, she built the first ever college degree pathway for beauty professionals in partnership with L'Oréal and then put over $1 million in scholarships behind it so that money would never be the reason someone couldn't walk through that door.Francis is back on Liftoff because every time we talk to her, the impact has grown. Graduates are building bigger businesses, earning more, leading differently, and their daughters are watching. When a woman's child looks at her and says "I believe women deserve jobs at…