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Dec 30, 2024
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
Nov 25, 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...
Sep 16, 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...
Aug 4, 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...
Jun 12, 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...
Apr 9, 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...
Mar 17, 2024
I put myself in that headspace and close my eyes and take a deep breath… what do I smell?
Trisha Hanudel-Lopez San Pedro Soapworks I guess I’ll start with how all this came to be. It started in 2016, even before that… let’s put...
Feb 27, 2024
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...
Nov 23, 2023
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 2, 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...
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