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Draya Michele

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Draya Michele

Full Name: Andraya Michele Howard

Born: January 23, 1985, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Job: Founder, CEO, Designer

Works for: Mint Swim

Primary Industry: Apparel

Nationality: American

Residence: Tarzana, California

Andraya "Draya'' Michele Howard is the CEO of PA2LA Inc., and founder of Mint Swim, a swimwear line launched in 2011. She has built the brand into a multi-million dollar e-commerce and swimwear empire. “I saved up $12,000 and I invested it completely into my company," she told Refinery29 in a 2017 interview. In 2022 Cosmopolitan named the brand as one of it's "19 Black-Owned Swimwear Brands to Shop Before Summer Hits." Ms. Howard is best know as a social media influencer and for her appearance in the VH1 series Basketball Wives LA,

Ms. Howard is the mother of two children.

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