# @daniel.pillai on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQnTq36CgMi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63335026-danielpillai-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-04T00:19:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daniel Pillai (@daniel.pillai) — https://gondola.cc/daniel.pillai

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The SheaMoisture Dream Fund Dinner was more than an event — it was a celebration of purpose, perseverance, and community. ⁠
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Since the beginning, I’ve had the privilege of being part of sheamoistureca’s journey — from the early days of the Salon Relief Fund in 2021, created to support Black female business owners during the pandemic, to seeing the Dream Fund Grant Program grow into a movement of empowerment and impact.⁠
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As a gay man who believes deeply in representation and leadership, standing alongside these resilient black women and uplifting their brilliance was personal. These stories matter — because when we amplify their voices, we all rise.⁠ Black women have always shown up for me, so I'm grateful that the universe has given me opportunity to contribute to givebacks that empower and uplift them too. ⁠
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This year’s Dream Fund Grant winners are —⁠

✨The Villij co-founders Kimberly Knight & Shanelle McKenzie (thevillij)⁠

✨EB4E founder Anne Laura Isaac (byenhancedbeauty)⁠

✨Des Hair Care founder Destini Maighan (descurlspa)⁠

✨Hill Studio founder Allison Hill (hillstudiowellness)⁠

✨DealBodies Founder Krys Lunardo and CMO Andriea McLean (dealbodies)⁠
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Each one of these women and their companies are living proof of what happens when vision meets opportunity. Each of these incredible women are using their platforms to create change in the beauty and wellbeing space, and it was an honour to celebrate them. 💛⁠
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Special thanks to Danielle & team at somecreativeagency for helping bring this year's fund to life. ⁠
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#SheaMoistureCanada #DreamFundGrant #Community #RepresentationMatters #PurposeInAction

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community, dreamfundgrant, sheamoisturecanada, purposeinaction, representationmatters

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