Over the past decade we have had the chance to learn about so many incredible folks from a wide range of industries and backgrounds and our highlighter series is designed to give us an opportunity to go deeper into their stories with to goal of understanding them, their thought process, how their values formed and the foundations of their stories. Check out some incredible folks below – many of whom you may have read about already and a few new names as well.
Desmond Smith
I would say so! I don’t change how I am based on my environment! I might at most change how I would interact with people depending on where I am and what’s appropriate! Im the same at work, with a few exceptions of character I won’t show for more professionalism! Read more>>
David George
YES! I left the house I lived in LA, my car, my girlfriend, and work to move back to Kansas City. I had been back for about two years. Read more>>
Amy Jones
I went into healthcare wanting to help people and make a difference in the lives of others. What I’ve learned now is that healthcare isn’t actually “patient centered”, it’s productivity centered. Hours are spent trying to justify the need for therapy from insurance companies only concerned about money. In this career, you’re told you can separate work from your heart. Read more>>
Pantaleon Florez
Sustainable, regenerative, and small-scale agriculture all tell us and themselves the self-soothing lie: A million tiny farms will save the world. It’s a fantasy built on aesthetics-first culture and nostalgia for forms of slavery and servitude, not structural change. Read more>>
Manny De Los Santos
Before I became who I was, I was that shy quiet kid that grew up in a tough environment surrounded by gangs and toxic negativity at every corner. Read more>>
DaGuyInBlack
I’ve been fighting my obsession with cannabis my entire life. It was an escape from this cold world i’ve been tossed around in like a whirlwind my whole life. I haven’t lived in one place longer than 5 years now. Im currently 28 years old. Read more>>
Kristi Stuart
What an amazing question! Being a wedding coordinator is one of those things that people don’t know that they need until they know they need it. Weddings have changed a lot over the past decades. Gone are the days where aunts and bridesmaids can just set out some cake and mints and make bouquets themselves. Read more>>
Barbara Wright
My earliest memory of feeling powerful goes back to my childhood in the Delta, where I lived with my grandmother and her eleven children. When my grandfather left, my grandmother had to go to work, which meant I started school early, first tagging along to kindergarten with my aunt, then with my uncle, and eventually on my own. Read more>>
