When you shop from Fresh Pear, you are supporting a woman-owned, mixed race Asian-owned, very (very, very) small business. I'm Alicia, and I'm a sucker for a pun. I'm a policy researcher by day and maker and teacher on nights and weekends. My jewelry centers bold colors and playful prints. To me, color and pattern represent pure joy. How we present ourselves to the world is a deeply political act. My pieces embody the defiant act of joyful self-expression.