She grew up helping her grandparents run a shoemaking shop. In college, she came up with a plan to save it.

• Miru Wong, 33, grew up with her grandparents in Hong Kong and helped out at the family shoemaking shop.
• For her final year project in college, she worked on a rebrand for the family business.
• She's now the third-generation owner, determined to keep a dying trade alive.

Miru Wong was working on her final year project at the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong when she realized what she wanted to be when she grew up.