In this intimate interview, Mathahle Stofile traces her evolution from a model-student to advertising professional, then to Beauty Editor at Marie Claire. She opens up about the birth of The Matte Project: a bold answer to the beauty industry’s exclusion of Black women. Sharing raw stories of entrepreneurial risk, motherhood with two young children, and her commitment to authenticity in content creation, Mathahle invites viewers into her world—where career, identity, and parenthood interlace, and where passions give rise to purpose.