Phoenix 11.3.2017

James Warren

My story began unconventionally like most things. I was getting everything ready for my sons 3rd birthday, and one of the things I really wanted was quality photos, so I bought my self a camera. The day of the birthday party I took so many photos and uploaded them to the Facebook Event page. Read more>>

Justin Campbell

Starting back in 2006, while driving past the Make a Wish Foundation’s office in Murray Utah, I felt a strong voice in my head tell me that I needed to go in and contact them. I did, and as they say…”My journey began”. Read more>>

Darrylee Cohen

I used to work in marketing and promotions for radio stations and always loved photography as a hobby. Whenever the radio stations had big concerts and events I would always volunteer to take photos at the events to recap the event back to our clients. (And it was a good excuse to go backstage to meet all the rock stars!). Read more>>

Ricardo Martinez

I grew up in New York City after migrating to the US when I was 6 years old with my parents. I went to really great public schools and began volunteering when I was 14 years old. I always knew that I was different but didn’t really know how to articulate how or why and certainly didn’t have the language or courage to discuss my sexual orientation with my parents. Read more>>

Bill Miller

I should preface my answer by saying that I am both a composer and music educator by trade. I had always been attracted to music composition from an early age, but music education came to me a lot later. Read more>>

Dominique Kirkpatrick

About 4 years ago, my husband and I became vegetarians. This was the result of discovering the horrors of factory farming. Once we became more knowledgeable on our food’s journey to our table we wanted to make a change. Read more>>

David Barron and Khalida Brohi

My wife and I come from opposite ends of the earth, literally. She comes from a tribal village in Pakistan, while I grew up in a progressive family in Los Angeles. Yet somehow, despite our countless differences–cultural and personal–we fell madly in love. Read more>>

Andy Beran

After business school, I was recruited by Intel as a financial analyst. I worked for Intel for 21 years, eventually as a senior executive, after positions in finance, marketing, strategic planning, manufacturing, and operations. After “retiring”, I became an entrepreneur and a mentor to other entrepreneurs and small business owners. Read more>>

John Hill

I’ve always been interested in using my body for physical activities, whether Rock Climbing, Salsa dancing or running. These passions came together through learning the Massage Therapy craft in Las Vegas, NV at the Nevada School of Massage Therapy in 2001. Read more>>

Nikole Ivanov and Kandy Russell

We are humbled and grateful for this beautiful place we call home. As intentional as our salon has become, it’s something that we did not seek – it found us, in a way. As sisters, we both inherited creativity, grit, and fierce independence. Kandy was inspired by hair from a very young age and has been practicing the craft for 22 years. Read more>>

Tanner Christensen

Territory Supply consists of Dustin and me, brothers by blood and business partners by choice. We were raised in the southwest and fell in love with the spirit of the west from a young age. We grew up outdoors, camping, hiking and the sorts. We have always had adventurous souls. Read more>>

Kara Jasper

After being a mental health counselor in community-based agencies for a few years, I decided to make the switch to private practice in 2011. Being in private practice allows me the opportunity provide the quality therapy my clients deserve and the personal freedom to balance work and family life – which is something I discuss with my clients all the time. Read more>>

Kevin Caron

I was not someone who always dreamed of being an artist. I read a lot as a kid, and spent a lot of time in the desert on my dirt bike. Consequently, I spent a lot of time working on my dirt bike, as well as anything else I could get my hands on. Read more>>

Lauren Romero

Romero is the Social Media Director for American Title Service Agency. She previously worked as a Marketing Manager for a mortgage company in Scottsdale, AZ. She was born and raised in Carlsbad, CA and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. Read more>>

Purvi Shah

I was born and raised in India and then I moved to Dubai to work as an architectural engineer. Henna art and design was always my passion and my hobby. As time progressed, I realized that it was time to turn my hobby into my career, so here I am!  Read more>>

Roxanna Romero

I started lashing in Tucson in 2005 with 3D Lash. As I got more experience I trained with xtremelashes and got certified in 2012 in my level 1 training. Shortly after I got certified in volume lashes and was certified in 2014. Read more>>

Eva Hofstedt

I started The Stand as a tribute to my Grandmother who is a restaurant legend. She started with a little stand on the side of the road. My first restaurant is a reflection of her beginnings. Now that I’m on my second location, I’m sort of mirroring her journey. My concept is deeply rooted in my family traditions, except I’m imparting it with my own flavor and ideas. Read more>>

Mike Kloberdanz

SBD was founded in 2012 by Elaine Mamola, a dental hygienist, who saw the need to make dental care more accessible to the elderly. Many of the assisted living and skilled nursing facilities offered van rides to dental offices, but this is often a long and difficult trek for an older person. Read more>>

Rich Adams

I’ve worked in business credit since 1980. Over those 37 years, the first 12 were spent as a credit manager in the lumber business, and the last 25 have been spent serving the credit information needs of credit managers, initially through NACM of Arizona, Inc., and for the last decade through Southwest Business Credit Services. Read more>>

Virva Peikko

It definitely has not been a smooth road! Childhood may have been filled with encouraging words to keep on drawing, but adulthood stomped my dreams with phrases like, “You need to be more serious”, or “You need to get real about life and realize you won’t be successful being an artist”. Read more>>

Phyllis Welch

I came to Arizona in 2009 after retiring from a 27-year teaching career, from Texas. I had reconnected with my high school sweetheart after 40+years and my best friend also had moved to Chandler about 6 months prior. Read more>>

Aladdin Hussein

We started the business about 17 years ago from the garage to small shop I had shops Phoenix Sedona and Chandler. Until two years ago, we opened at Prestige Biltmore Fashion Park Mall. We are a full custom shop for men and women in addition to custom tailoring and Alteration and bridal services. Read more>>

Jodi Towns

My business background is a bit of a puzzle, with all points back to “I love people!” I’ve been called by many friends and colleagues a “connector” and one of my favorite quotes that reads something like this, “A room full of strangers are just friends I haven’t yet met.” Read more>>

Jane Adler

I am the proud owner of Facial Art by Jane. I began my journey as a cosmetic tattoo artist in the early 1990’s. I am blessed to have found my true calling. I have never been a 9 to 5 girl. In fact, I think so far out of the box I do my best work on my own. Read more>>

Jessica Swarner

I studied political science and journalism at ASU’s honors college. To graduate, I had to successfully defend an honors thesis by the end of senior year. During my second semester of junior year (2016), I was looking for thesis ideas, and I heard in the news a story about a 13-year-old girl who had been killed in Virginia after meeting up with a stranger she met on the Kik messaging app. Read more>>

 

 

Susan Mosby, Marta Hortel and Doug Warren

DocUnited Imaging was founded by Marta Hortel and Susan Mosby in 2001. In 2012, they officially added another business partner, Doug Warren. Doug started as an employee in 2005. We have a tight team that has worked closely together for many years. Read more>>

Shannon Piano

I am a native to Arizona. I decided to open a skin care company, so I could just “be good” to people. After my husband was killed, in 2011 over in Africa, I went through a bad depression, after a while, I just decided to get up and do something with my life. I made up my mind to go to school for skin care. Read more>>

Kelli Meier

Originally an international art director / graphic designer in Phoenix, AZ, I enjoyed the outdoors and fitness and transitioned into a multi-level certified fitness instructor and coach. I moved to Denver to grow my boot camp / Russian Kettlebell / CrossFit fusion style training approach to dynamic fitness back in 2007. Read more>>