Women and Employment | United States

Regina sitting at her desk, with her fall look-book up on her screen.

I’m going to say 95% of the time if our client can think of it, we can probably do it.

Zappos is in Vegas; everybody’s talking about it, it was like a vibe there. I read Delivering Happiness, which was the book that Tony Hsieh had written about the company culture. When I was done reading it, I looked at my boss Frank and I was like, “I want to go work for Zappos."

7 days ago

As a therapist, my main goal is helping to normalize this human experience.

I pretty much knew as soon as I graduated high school that I wanted to be a therapist and I never changed my mind. I was always a people person, I loved understanding why people do certain things, so it just felt very right.

Jul 6

Everybody still wants Vegas showgirls and Elvis.

I’m a retired showgirl. I was a showgirl on The Strip in Folies Bergère for 12 years until it closed. Before that, I’d always been a dancer. I danced in ballet companies, modern companies. I have a degree in dance from Arizona State. I danced overseas in a small cabaret show and then I got the gig in Folies and moved to Vegas.

Apr 26

Dawn Angela in the wine cave at The Wine Garden, Las Vegas

My clientele are destination wedding couples coming to Vegas to get married.

Transitioning into the wedding world, that was something else. With big things in my life, the Lord always just placed the words in my mind

Mar 25

Tell the stories that you believe in, tell the stories that you want to share.

I always wanted to be a television news reporter, that was a big goal of mine. I worked in radio, did live shows, did news shows, and then I

Dec 29, 2024

If you can hit where you want with the amount of force that you want, then you can do anything.

Heather McLarty Artist blacksmith Looking back at my childhood, I did make stuff; I’ve always kind of made things. It never occurred to...

Nov 24, 2024

You are imagining scenes, imagining soundtracks for films that don’t exist yet.

Julie Carpenter Musician/production music composer I came to Los Angeles in the early 2000s from Texas, where I had grown up. I grew up...

Sep 15, 2024

We’re not just going to find meaningful work, we have to work to make work meaningful.

Dydia DeLyser Cultural-historical geographer, writer, researcher Professor of geography, California State University Fullerton Most...

Aug 4, 2024

It’s almost like its own energy vortex when you come in here, it becomes its own world.

Nicole Holland Cactus Mart, Yucca Valley, CA My history is in the low desert. I was raised between the high desert and the low desert; my...

Jun 11, 2024

There are so many things you can do to make vegan food seem more palatable and accessible

Meera Iyer Food scientist I became vegan around freshman year of high school, so around 1999 or 2000. The options that were there for...

Apr 8, 2024

OBRA: The Art of Work

Words and portraits of
working women

I’m going to say 95% of the time if our client can think of it, we can probably do it.

As a therapist, my main goal is helping to normalize this human experience.

Everybody still wants Vegas showgirls and Elvis.

My clientele are destination wedding couples coming to Vegas to get married.

Tell the stories that you believe in, tell the stories that you want to share.

If you can hit where you want with the amount of force that you want, then you can do anything.

You are imagining scenes, imagining soundtracks for films that don’t exist yet.

We’re not just going to find meaningful work, we have to work to make work meaningful.

It’s almost like its own energy vortex when you come in here, it becomes its own world.

There are so many things you can do to make vegan food seem more palatable and accessible

OBRA: The Art of Work

Words and portraits of working women

I’m going to say 95% of the time if our client can think of it, we can probably do it.

As a therapist, my main goal is helping to normalize this human experience.

Everybody still wants Vegas showgirls and Elvis.

My clientele are destination wedding couples coming to Vegas to get married.

Tell the stories that you believe in, tell the stories that you want to share.

If you can hit where you want with the amount of force that you want, then you can do anything.

You are imagining scenes, imagining soundtracks for films that don’t exist yet.

We’re not just going to find meaningful work, we have to work to make work meaningful.

It’s almost like its own energy vortex when you come in here, it becomes its own world.

There are so many things you can do to make vegan food seem more palatable and accessible

Words and portraits of
working women