Tempe 03.08.2018

Robert Peoples

During my adolescent period growing up in the church, I’ve witnessed the lack of empathy towards my peers. Although, I believed in a god, I was never truly sold out to the ideology of Christianity. It was more like a social club and if you didn’t believe (especially in the Black community), you would be ostracized by family and friends. Read more>>

David Hock

‘Bringing Broadway’s Favorites Back to Life’ – This one phrase alone embodies the driving force behind Scottsdale Musical Theater Company. Musicals are America’s greatest contribution to the history of theater. The majority of theater audiences look forward to the familiarity of recognizable titles, stories and music. Read more>>

Thomas B. Nelson III

Like a lot of things in my life, photography was something I found early, left for a while and came back to. My first photos were done with disposable cameras that I and my friends stole from our local pharmacy in Belcamp, MD. We were middle schoolers and had nothing better to do. Read more>>

Edwin A

The Digital Eclectic started off like many of our other ideas, a group of friends who have been close since high school, coming up with excuses to leave the house and do something creative. We are composed of six founding members and each one of us brings a different expertise to the table. Read more>>

David Zhao, Joyce Brown, Cindy Herrara

Phenix Salon Suites was found by a hair stylist Gina Rivera. We offer luxury spacious salon suites for the independent salon professional and other small business owners. Our suites offer salon and business professionals the opportunity to own and operate their own salon type of business without the hassle and expense of facility management and maintenance. Read more>>

Nicky Mayers

I have been a lover of fashion for as long as I can remember. I grew up dressing my dolls with my Grandmother’s vintage hats, jewelry and making them clothes from fabric scraps. I have also never been without a new outfit. I was the little girl in the neighborhood who was always dressed in a new dress. Read more>>

Myriah Castillo

My earliest memories were my grandmother cooking, and coming from a Mexican-American home, meal time was very important to us. My grandmother passed when I was 5 years old, but my love for cooking established by her never dwindled. Read more>>

Ann Cabano

I have been an entrepreneur for years, my first successful business was called Banana Soul Girl whitch started as an art company and online Ebay store. Since I have always been a ‘many hats’ wearer, I also had a housecleaning, organization and caregiving side to the company. Read more>>

Cara Czarnecki

In 2009 I was in real estate full-time and going through a divorce as well. It wasn’t a good time in our economy for either of those transitions. I was listing and negotiating short sales full-time and ran across single mom after single mom who was struggling to keep their home together, whether it was keeping up with repairs they either didn’t have money or knowledge to fix, or pay a mortgage they now couldn’t afford. Read more>>

Andrea Pasquale

My background is in commercial radio back in Connecticut and Massachusetts. While working in Connecticut I volunteered for their reading service and ultimately changes careers to become the Executive Director of the reading service. I made a move to Arizona 5 years later to take a job at Sun Sounds as their Manager of Programming and Volunteers. In 2016, I became the Director. Read more>>