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Every issue,\u00a0<\/strong>GRAZIA USA<\/strong> highlights Game Changers, who inspire, educate, and celebrate individuality, beauty, and style. Meet Tiffany Moon \u2014 f<\/strong><\/em>rom starring on reality television to starting her own candle business and working as an anesthesiologist, there\u2019s nothing this entrepreneur can\u2019t do!<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Whenever people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said doctor. I graduated from medical school at the ripe age of 23, and I\u2019ve been practicing anesthesiology ever since. I later ran into a midlife crisis where I thought, \u201cIs this all I\u2019m going to do for the rest of my life?\u201d Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2014 being a mother and a full-time physician is incredible work, but I just felt like there was something missing in my life. I had this entrepreneurial itch that wasn\u2019t being scratched. I always thought it would be cool to run my own company and learn about business, marketing and advertising.<\/p>\n My husband is an entrepreneur and believed I could have a company, too. When the COVID-19 pandemic started, I launched One of my friends said, \u201cThis is the best candle I\u2019ve ever had. You should sell these online. I bet people would buy them.\u201d I then went and made them, put them on Instagram, and people bought them, and they immediately sold out.<\/p>\n When I was working in the hospital during COVID, I would worry about bringing the illness to my family. Nurses and doctors were feeling burnt out. As a result, I cut back on my work at the hospital and I grew my business the rest of the time, which also involves the private wine label I run with my husband, Three Moons<\/a>.<\/p>\n I often get asked how I balance it all, and the thing I tell people is that I\u2019m not given some magical 28-hour day, but I am good at time management. They say it takes a village, and I have incredible people helping me out, but I also work hard.<\/p>\n After being on The Real Housewives of Dallas<\/em>, I have a platform and some responsibility to speak out. Being on a reality show that features middle-aged women who often misbehave, I don\u2019t think anyone expects me to be the voice of reason for social and societal issues. I am, however, passionate about supporting the Asian community, gender equity in the workplace, and speaking out about domestic violence because of my personal experience with it. I do think the needle is moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t regret joining the Bravo series. I\u2019ve learned so much about myself, and I\u2019ve made a ton of new friends. People frequently reach out to me and say, \u201cThank you for standing up for the AAPI community\u201d or \u201cI also have feelings of mom guilt,\u201d so it really enabled me to increase my platform, and I\u2019m so grateful for that. However, if you thought I was going to transition from reality star to a candlemaker, that won\u2019t happen. I intend to keep practicing [anesthesiology].<\/p>\n It\u2019s incredibly humbling when women come up to me at events or reach out to me via email. They inspire me. Those messages make me want to keep going and be successful because I feel I can\u2019t let these people down. They believe in me, so I have to do better.<\/p>\n In the next five years, I intend to keep practicing anesthesiology, but I also want to keep my candle business and watch it grow. I want to get the word out about my business because I\u2019m passionate about candles! I also want to continue my work advocating for the AAPI community and the domestic violence shelter I work with. I would love to start my own charity foundation one day, but right now, my twin girls are 7 and they demand a lot of my time. I want to be present for them.<\/p>\n As a person who immigrated to the United States at an early age, struggled growing up without many friends, and was socially awkward, I still was able to became a doctor. I feel like I may have a few nuggets of wisdom to impart to the younger generation. I want to keep working and maybe one day write a book.<\/p>\n I am a hustler, and I am not going to say it has all come easy for me. I work hard and have a very hectic schedule, but I feel that it\u2019s all worth it.<\/p>\n \u2014 As told to Jaclyn Roth<\/em><\/p>\n Read GRAZIA USA\u2019s Winter issue featuring cover star Lizzy Caplan:<\/p>\n
\nmy line of Aromasthesia candles<\/a>. I have severe anxiety, which is another reason I like to stay busy. I would go down to the basement after the kids were asleep and mix essential oils. I mailed COVID care packages to all my healthcare workers across the U.S. with a little note that read: \u201cThank you for hanging in there. Hope you enjoy this candle.\u201d<\/p>\n