Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Performing in her parents’ puppet and magic show with her siblings introduced Fallene to imagination, embracing uncertainty, and thinking outside the box.

At 17, Fallene moved from Las Vegas to Denver with her two cats, leaving her family behind to begin a chapter of her own. Looking back, she recognizes this as one of her first intentional expressions of courage: stepping into the unfamiliar and trusting herself to find her way. Three years later, she met and married Kyle in 2004.

Started cosmetology school in Denver, beginning a career that brought together creative expression and meaningful connection.

Without formal experience in event planning, Fallene created the Forever Darling fashion shows as a way to share her own designs and help others put their work into the world. She intentionally brought together designers, artists, and charities who had always wanted to participate in something like this but hadn’t seen a way to begin. Together, they built community, stepped into the unfamiliar, and gave their dreams somewhere to take shape.

After auditioning twice, Fallene earned a place on Season 9 of Project Runway as a self-taught designer. She entered with confidence and a passion for design, but found herself allowing fear to lead her choices. The experience showed her how the stories we believe can shape our actions, sometimes bringing about the very outcomes we fear. It also taught her the importance of an environment that supports growth—and how experiences that feel like failure can become meaningful teachers.

Fallene opened Let Em Have It Salon with her husband, Kyle, without prior business experience. Her initial why was simple: she wanted a great place to work with her friends.

The salon became her training ground for learning to trust herself. What began with independent contractors grew to include an apprenticeship program, where she trained stylists fresh out of beauty school. She hadn’t imagined herself as a boss, yet discovered how much she loved helping others develop their confidence and talent in their career.

Through that experience, she learned the importance of leading herself first, guided by her values and her why—and found deep fulfillment in empowering others to grow.

After more than two and a half years of working toward certification, Let Em Have It became the second salon in the world to become a Certified B Corporation.

Fallene used the B Corp assessment as a framework to build a better business and intentionally shape its culture. Her leadership evolved as the team united around a shared commitment: living their values every day.

They introduced a measure of success called LOVE—Living Our Values Everyday—bringing values into daily actions and decisions. Through this experience, Fallene deepened her understanding of what it means to lead herself and others with intention.

Opened Torpedo Coffee with her husband, Kyle. Watching him move through fear and build something he once thought impossible into a thriving business deepened Fallene’s belief in what becomes possible when we’re willing to try.

Opened Close Quarters Cafe with her husband Kyle just one month before the pandemic forced all three of their businesses to temporarily close. Through that experience, Fallene learned to meet fear with gratitude and resilience, and to lead a team through uncertainty while navigating it herself.

After selling their three businesses, their home, and many of their belongings, Fallene and Kyle moved to Galicia, Spain, with their four cats—making room for a life they had imagined together.

Through self-discovery, questioning deep-rooted beliefs, and letting go of old conditioning, the philosophy behind GROW was born.