Evelyn Brooks taps heritage, creates gems and goodworks for DC

One Christmas day when she was a child, Evelyn Brooks’ father gave her a bunch of sparkly stones to choose from and make a design. The reds and blues that caught her eye turned out to be rubies and sapphires, a jeweled first design that made Evelyn’s Christmas particularly special and even sparked her desire to start her very own business…

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