Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?

We asked some of the most interesting entrepreneurs and creatives to open up about recent highlights from their lives – the moments that made them laugh or feel proud.

Greg Golden

I was driving my seven-year-old son to school the other day when a blue Subaru WRX with a spoiler on the back cut us off. My son said, ‘Hey dad – spoiler alert!’ I just about drove off the road laughing, and I was definitely proud of him for coming up with that! Read more>>

Jelena Drcelic Yowell

This year EBPS got award as The Best Dance Studio of Phoenix so we got invited to dance at Disney Christmas Parade . In child dancers life this is a dream comes true and to get invited is something they not just makes me proud but all of our students Read more>>

Savannah Hendricks

As silly as it sounds, I recently finished a 2,000 piece puzzle. Normally I do 500 to 1,00o piece puzzles and I wanted to give up so badly. It was not the best print quality so it was a challenge beyond the piece count. Read more>>

Iliamari Vazquez Houston

Yes — recently I’ve felt so proud celebrating my Puerto Rican heritage!  Read more>>

Zachary Rippy

I recently got off of a tour with some of my childhood heroes, Blink 182 and Alkaline Trio. I was mixing the band Drug Church who opened a leg of the tour. I had done a few arena and amphitheater shows but this was different. My first concert was Blink and No Doubt in 2004. “Dammit” was the first song I learned on guitar. Read more>>

SOOJUNG

I headlined a show the other night at Central Records in downtown Phoenix. It was such a special night — I performed alongside my amazing band, Sofia, J, Mario, and Nikki, and alongside two other bands Huemongrel and MF GLOOM. It was so nice being surrounded by so many people I love, and being able to perform alongside people I also equally love! Read more>>

Jackie Hammond

Recent moment that made me proud was dropping off my twins at college for their freshman year. My son is at UC Berkeley studying Astrophysics and my daughter is at Montclair State University obtaining a BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Criminal Justice. Read more>>