What do a home renovator and a children’s book author have in common?
Much more than one would think especially when it comes to Mina Starsiak Hawk.
HGTV, of course!
But how did she jump from renovator, business owner, and reality TV star to author?
Her children and her desire for them to be exposed to diversity also inspired the book.
Why is diversity exposure so important to Starsiak Hawk?
There’s even aYouTubeclip in which her and her mom try and fail to decipher their complex family tree.
“My dad’s second wife …
But no matter the challenges that come with her unique family, she loves it.
Her family is so important to her that it was a big inspiration forBuilt Together.
“She’s everyone’s great grandma.”
Why is she included in the book?
People who need empathy.”
Starsiak Hawk’s husband, Steve, is also in the book.
She went on to say that Steve kept wanting the cartoon-version of himself to look more manly.
“He was like, ‘I workout.
I work really hard.
Can I get a beard.
Can I look like I have muscles?'”
They eventually got his character (and his character’s muscles) up to snuff.
