Aarna had been teaching women how to make and sell candles to earn a living, but she often saw them struggle with pricing, scaling, and accessing the right resources. Many lacked the confidence to turn their craft into a stable income, unsure how to calculate profits or find subsidies to support their businesses. Determined to bridge this gap, she created Lighting Lives—a multilingual, open-source platform designed to empower women to launch and grow their own candle-making ventures. It features like a profit calculator, access to government subsidies, and detailed multimodal instructions.