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How do we translate your vision into reality, using paint?
Shadia Derbyshire Muralist I was in kindergarten and you know how you learn about different professions? I remember there were flash...
Feb 27, 2024


We’re taking that moment in time that Mother Nature gave us and we’re putting it in a bottle.
Barbara Haskins Heavenly Honey Company | Ojai, CA When I was a little girl there was a place over by where we lived in Canyon Country, up...
Nov 23, 2023


I love a wedding because you can play everything from Frank Sinatra to the latest dance hit.
Wendy Walker DJ I was an absolute nerdy little kid, I loved music, I would on Saturdays listen to Casey Kasem Top 40, but I would write...
Nov 2, 2023


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...
Aug 22, 2023


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...
Jul 10, 2023


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...
Jun 19, 2023


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...
May 22, 2023


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...
Mar 10, 2023


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...
Feb 16, 2023


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...
Dec 22, 2022
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