What happens when life strips away everything — your mother, your identity, and the father you thought you knew — all before the age of 12? For Kora Franco, it became the foundation for something extraordinary.

In this episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, host Dave Roberts sits down with Kora Franco, founder and CEO of Aesthetic Wines, a modern luxury wine brand rooted in resilience, bold self-expression, and intentional living. Kora shares her remarkable journey — from navigating grief and identity loss as a child, to a 15-year search for her biological father using AncestryDNA, to building a thriving wine brand and women's empowerment platform as a single mother.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How childhood loss and identity struggles forged unshakeable resilience

• What it's really like to break into the wine ind ...