Phoenix 06.07.2018

Lanie Smith

My own journey toward self discovery and healing pulled me toward art and crative expression. I discovered painting in college and eventually made my way back to art school to make it more than a hobby which led me to study Art Therapy. My work as a healer using creativity and nature has been an integral thread since before I even entered the field as a helping professional. Read more>>

Cory Rade, Shanti Rade

We are a family farm located in Paulden, Arizona, about 30 miles north of Prescott. We started selling produce door-to-door in 1995 when our large garden produced more food than our family could eat. We have grown every year since then and now have 20 acres in production. Read more>>

Alexandra Stein

Where do I begin! I grew up in Phoenix, AZ but spent my formative years at a boarding school in Mayer, Arizona. As soon as I graduated high school I moved to Chicago where I lived for 5 years, eventually moving back to Phoenix after graduating from Loyola University Chicago with two bachelors degrees. Read more>>

Voight Thornton

I get asked how I came up with the company name 6MIC FILMS. I have been dee jaying since college in 1999 and in the dorms I would always practice during the week and weekends and usually my music was pretty loud during those sessions. Read more>>

Zoe Reed, Michele MacDonald

About 15 years ago, I embarked on a second career. I had 2 masters degrees in English (one was an MFA in Poetry) and was teaching at a small University when I decided to follow my lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian. Read more>>

Monica Villareal

Monica Villarreal is a Mexican artist, born to artists Guadalupe Garza Dikinzon and Sergio Villarreal Uribe in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. From an early age, she was surrounded by art. The art that hung on the walls of her childhood home were masterpieces created by her parents, each capturing different facets of human emotion. Read more>>

Blake Van Es

#LoveUp…about 17 years ago we found a need to help famiies in our community during Christmas time. Johnjay & Rich used theri radio show to solicit donations and we created a program called Christmas Wish. Read more>>

Jessica Leila Adnani

I started Personalized Solutions in January of 2012 in Washington, D.C. I had recently graduated college and was struggling to find a job due to a government hiring freeze and took a job at Nordstrom in order to pay my student loans while hunting for my career. Read more>>

Gina Haynie

My name is Gina Haynie. I am 50 years old and was diagnosed with arthritis in my neck at age 46. I had lived with pain and inflammation for years before I was diagnosed. I decided to have radio frequency ablation (RFA) to cauterize the nerves in my neck at Barrow Neurology Center. Read more>>

Har Rai Khalsa

On the Fall of 2011, I went to visit my childhood friend Guru Shabd Khalsa, then known as Guru Khalsa, professional skateboarder for Habitat Skateboards who was living in Houston, Texas at the time. Guru Khalsa had been a professional skateboarder for over five years and was starting to invest his savings into organic soap ingredients to make his own soap at home. Read more>>

Luisa Leon

My name is Luisa Leon. I was born in Mexico City. I moved to Arizona at the age of 13 and had to get adjusted to the changes fairly quickly. Since I had to work every day on my communication and the new language, I turned into art to express what my lack of words couldn’t. Read more>>

Lauren Hansen

I have always loved taking photos – from quick snapshots with my mini instant camera when I was a kid to stealing my mom’s “fancy” camera so I could take artsy photos. My business was born out of a desire to add more creativity to my daily life. Read more>>

Alison Walsh

Housewives in the City was launched in the Washington, D.C. area in 2011, Since then, the organization has developed collaborative communities of women in more than 50 cities across the United States. Read more>>

Samson Omotosho

I was born and raised by very Christian parents in the Yoruba western region of Nigeria in West Africa. The Yoruba people place a lot of premium on education as the single most effective tool for success. So, very early in life I had developed a high motivation for school. Read more>>

Pete Walsh

20 years ago I was the Vice President of our family’s 75 year old Arizona business – Walsh Bros. Office Equipment. I was struggling with some of the family dynamics, wanting to be in control of my own destiny. I was at church (I’m a recovering Catholic) and the sermon was about finding your “special gift” Read more>>

Aimee Piller

I have strong passion for the field of occupational therapy and have always loved working with children with various developmental difficulties whether it be autism spectrum disorder, motor difficulties, cerebral palsy, or just an acquire disability. Read more>>

Alexis Carbajal, Juan Ayala

The idea for Phoenix Coqui was born in San Juan Puerto Rico, where Juan and I met. We both dreamed of bringing the flavors of the Caribbean to my hometown of Phoenix so people could experience something new and receive the same amazing service I received as well as taste the delicious food I first tried on the island. Read more>>

Crystal Daniels

My career in fashion started as a love for fashion. Before I ever worked for Loehmann’s (unfortunately now out of business), and before I ever really cared or knew much about ‘designer’ fashion, I would spend my free time not only shopping for the great fashion finds Loehmann’s had to offer, but perusing through the racks of what was known as “The Backroom”. Read more>>

Julia Buckingham

Julia Buckingham leads a new generation of world-class interior designers bringing her Modernique® chic sensibility to both residential and commercial design projects around the country. Her unique design style, captured in her new book, Modernique, Inspiring Interiors. Read more>>