That’s what life’s about, being able to bring joy to other people.
Erica Pietrzyk Pietrzyk Pierogi | Detroit, Michigan I used to bartend and I was working in Hamtramck, which used to be a heavily Polish...
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- Jul 10
When you’re piercing something, it’s like a hot knife through butter.
Kayla Rouse Piercer | 454 Tattoo and Body Piercing When I first started thinking about doing something, anything, after high school, I...
- Jun 19
Consent is something that you can revoke at any time.
Annie Spong Intimacy Coordinator I landed in intimacy coordinating five or six years ago at the birth of the Me Too movement. Up until...
- May 22
I like to show somebody how one item can be so many different things.
Cat Cass Costumer/Sutler I’m a costumer. I sell costumes at the Renaissance fairs and a number of other types of reenactments. I do a...
- Mar 10
We have to create opportunities for ourselves because no one else is going to create them for us.
Sharniece Chantal Coupes + Pigment How I got into the business that I have now – which is the paint and sip events and doing mobile...
- Feb 16
I love teaching patients how to wear contacts.
Jennifer Maxwell, ABOC Optician/Supervisor | Eye Care Center, Fullerton, CA I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I was a young mom, I had...
- Dec 22, 2022
Sometimes it’s the stone that inspires the piece, sometimes it’s the piece that inspires the stone.
Claudia Endler Jewelry designer I’ve always had an interest in design: clothing, jewelry, shoes, handbags. My mother was very creative...
- Oct 22, 2022
It takes a village to raise a child and a community.
Bettina Swigger CEO of Downtown SLO I am the CEO of Downtown SLO, which is the downtown business improvement area and we are a nonprofit...
- Sep 25, 2022
If there’s something that I’m passionate about, it’s community. It’s connection.
Sara McGrath Family Resource Specialist at Parents Helping Parents I’ve done so many different things, and it’s all connected to life. It...
- Aug 26, 2022
Being an appraiser is a combination of science, history, market research, and writing.
Where I began was in the mid-eighties, I was working in the jewelry industry in sales in Australia and my background was in opals.
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