"It's never too late to start something new". Having had a long career in health care and academic achievement, Magi Sque found this advice totally inspiring as this is exactly what Magi Rose is all about!
When she was 17, Magi Sque — who then went by the name of Rosie — had the beginnings of a dream. On Saturdays she worked in the Calypso clothing factory in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and after each shift she handed her £ 5 wage to her mother. She was saving for her passage to England, where she hoped to become a nurse.
After eight years, Sque moved to Canada with her young daughter. There Sque completed a degree in nursing at Surrey University. She earned the master's certificate, too. At a talk on organ donation, she knew organ donors can save the lives of up to eight people. She became an expert, developing a theory of "dissonant loss" — the need for donor families to solve the imbalance between a loved one being clinically (临床上) brain dead and looking normal before they can agree to donation.
For five decades Sque practised, studied and taught nursing, eventually becoming a professor at Wolver-hampton University, all the whilenudgingher dreams of being a fashion designer further into the future.
As she came to her 70th birthday, she began to think: "Oh no, not another paper to read, not another article to correct." And then she heard herself say: "It's time to move on."
She tried out for a weekend course for startups and, in 2019, days before she turned 72, Sque set up Magi Rose — "special, fun to wear, for downtime and holidays".
