The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below. Check out our favorite stories from across the Voyage family.
Sarinya Oliver
Studio Space Arlington started with an old chapel, one big open room, a wheelchair-accessible layout, and a simple question: How could we make the most of the existing space while creating something useful for our local community? Read more>>
Eustacia Sheppard
My story is one of faith, survival, loss, and discovering purpose through some of the most difficult experiences of my life. There was a time in my life when I was dealing with physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse while also experiencing unimaginable loss. I am the mother of four children, and three of my children passed away. Read more>>
Richard Falcon
In 2006, I started Teatro Nagual. I was invited to direct a musical about the farmworker movement. Prior to that, I had little knowledge of the movement, let alone my culture. That started me on a personal journey to find my culture and to tell stories relevant to the Latino Culture here in Sacramento. Read more>>
Shadan Kishi Price
In 2013 I graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s in Hospitality Management (I also graduated from UNT with a bachelor’s in Visual Arts Studies in 2008). I was working as a kitchen manager at the first fully vegan dining hall in the US when I decided to pursue my dream to start my own food business. Read more>>
Devon Euring
My story has never really been about following a traditional path. It has been about learning how to see risk, opportunity, people, and purpose differently—and having the courage to rewrite the rules when the existing ones no longer make sense. Professionally, I’ve spent more than 17 years building a career across risk management, governance, compliance, cybersecurity, fraud, financial services, and emerging technology. Read more>>
Matthew Wohlkinger
Some of my earliest memories include me, baking with my grandmother and my great grandmother in their kitchens. We always made treats and desserts for holidays and weekends. I remember my grandmother allowing us to create our own cookie shapes. Read more>>
Omotolani Olasanoye
I spent over ten years in the U.S. Air Force as a cybersecurity specialist, and I’m still serving today as a reservist. That’s where I really learned what leadership under pressure looks like. Read more>>
LeKesiah Washington-Ballare
My journey into accounting started long before I ever owned a business. I was 11 years old when I decided I wanted to become an accountant. Growing up, I watched my mother struggle with managing money, and even at that young age, I understood that not knowing your numbers could leave you vulnerable. Read more>>
Ta’Tyana Williams
You can turn that into a warm, professional answer for the “Your Story” section: “During COVID, family and friends began asking me to cook for their small gatherings and special occasions. What started as simply doing something I enjoyed quickly grew through word of mouth. Read more>>
Stephanie Spann
I am a native Texan, REALTOR®, entrepreneur, and jewelry designer who has always believed in the value of homeownership and building something that can create a lasting legacy. My appreciation for real estate began long before I ever considered it as a career. Read more>>
Marina Ortega
My journey into gut health really began with my own struggles. After years in a high stress corporate career, I found myself dealing with severe digestive issues, including chronic constipation, food sensitivities, low energy, and simply not feeling like myself. I spent years searching for answers and trying just about everything before I discovered colon hydrotherapy. Read more>>
Monsieur Alexander
My story has always been rooted in creativity, imagination, and a desire to transform the ordinary into something extraordinary. From an early age, I was drawn to fashion, design, beauty, and the art of creating an experience. Over the years, that passion grew from something I simply loved into something I realized could become my purpose and my business. Read more>>
Kaegan Alazander Blaq
I started off as a music artist with ambitions to be the next Kanye West. I met a filmmaker through a mutual friend who was early in his career. I gravitated towards the craft when I saw his process and helped with a short film he produced. I soon started to write my own stories that became my early short films. Read more>>
Gabriella Rodriguez
My journey into entertainment really started with a love for storytelling and performing, but it grew into something much bigger once I realized acting wasn’t just something I enjoyed, it was something I genuinely wanted to build a life around. Read more>>
Kourtney Levens
I definitely didn’t grow up thinking, “One day I’m going to talk to angels for a living.” That was not the plan. A lot of this really started after I lost my mom when I was 27. Not long after she passed, I started hearing music. And I mean hearing music everywhere. Read more>>
Tosin Babarinde
My journey into photography wasn’t something I planned from the beginning. I studied Zoology at university, but somewhere along the way, I discovered photography and realized that I had found a language through which I could express how I see people, fashion, beauty, and the world around me. Read more>>
Tyler Riddell
I started my marketing career about 10 years ago as a contractor, primarily focused on social media. Looking back, it was really an early version of what I now call fractional marketing. Read more>>
Cassie Nova
I, James Love, grew up in Dallas. I came out at 17 and started doing drag at 19. I was president of G.L.Y.A…Gay and Lesbian Young Adults which was a support group based with the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance. The D.G.L.A. asked the presidents of the various groups to put on a show/fundraiser for AIDS and HIV awareness. Read more>>
Eleanor Boynton
Amber Gipson and I (Eleanor Boynton)—neighbors, moms of three, and friends living in Lake Highlands. A few years ago, we both learned to play mahjong and quickly fell in love with it. We loved everything about the game—the fun, the friendship, and the time it gave us to slow down and connect. Read more>>
Bryce Harris
I’ve always had a love and passion for music. I started off singing in church and the youth choir and adult choir. Eventually, I picked up the piano at the age of 10 | was in and out of lessons but mainly self-taught myself.. I developed perfect pitch and began to play by ear. I never knew where I wanted to go with music. Read more>>
Stephanie Smart
My journey started in my late 20s when I decided to go to cosmetology school at 27. I was needing to start a career and had always loved hair. I had been getting hair extensions for 5 years and I was obsessed with how transformative and beautiful they made me feel; so this was going to be my main focus. Read more>>
Avier Ashby
I started practicing hair on my family and friends while I was in high school. As I became more passionate about my craft, I decided to take it seriously and began studying cosmetology in the 10th grade. After graduating from Lancaster High School, I attended Northeast Texas Community College, where I studied Business Management with a minor in Accounting. Read more>>
Essence Cornelious
The Transparency Crew (TTC) was born in August 2022 during a season when God intentionally got my attention. What started as a personal calling quickly grew into a thriving faith-based community focused on discipleship, fellowship, and outreach. TTC has been committed to creating spaces where people can grow in their faith and build meaningful connections. Read more>>
Paige & Cederick Gipson
We’re Cederick and Paige, and we’ve been together since we were 15 years old. Cederick has always loved content creation and, from a young age, wanted us to start our own YouTube channel. Paige was a little hesitant at first because putting yourself out there can be intimidating, especially knowing people may judge your appearance or have opinions about your relationship. Read more>>
Priyakshi (Pixie) Borah
I grew up in Assam, India, and my journey has really been about taking chances, adapting to change, and finding different pieces of myself along the way. I completed my undergraduate degree in India and then made one of the biggest decisions of my life, moving to the United States to pursue my master’s degree at the University of Texas at Dallas. Read more>>
Andrew Fernandes
Growing up as a child to Brazilian parents living in an extremely diverse place like Dallas, Texas, I developed a varied taste in music pretty early on. Read more>>
Jordan Johnson
I started as a kid who was deeply content and endlessly curious about the world around me. I always felt a little different — like I was watching life from a slightly tilted angle — and writing became the place where that difference made sense. Before poetry, it was music: scribbling lyrics, building melodies, trying to translate feelings into something that sounded true. Read more>>
Myra Jimerson
My entrepreneurial journey began with credit repair, having trouble with my own credit, & fixing it seeing how life changing it can be, and that’s where I developed a passion for helping people strengthen their financial foundation and gain access to better opportunities. Read more>>
Michelle Stimpson
I come from a long line of animated storytellers, and my mother said I always had my nose in a book, so becoming an author seems like my natural trajectory. But that skill of written story-telling was honed through years of journaling which, in retrospect, was like therapy for me through some hardships in my immediate family. Read more>>
Mia Blanton
I’ve been passionate about health and wellness for as long as I can remember. I grew up eating apples, carrots, and cottage cheese for breakfast, making huge salads with my mom, trying everything from vegan to keto, and going with her to different holistic doctors. Wellness was always something we explored together. Read more>>
Leah McGuire
My story is messy, and I don’t want to make it sound prettier than it was. A little over a year ago, my life looked completely different. I was struggling with addiction, my mental health, instability, and honestly just trying to survive. I had two children depending on me while I was also trying to figure out how to save myself. Read more>>
Weatherford Mountain Bike Club
The Weatherford Mountain Bike Club are a Texas 501c3 organization of citizen volunteers dedicated to the creation and management of mountain bike trails in the Parker County region of north Texas. The WMBC was formed December 2015. Read more>>
Dee “DJ Feisty” Portilla
I actually started as a radio DJ in 2017 at Radio UTD, the student-run radio station at The University of Texas at Dallas. My first show was called Major Malfunction with DJ Feisty, and it ended up becoming a big success. Read more>>
Velma Puente
I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Over the years, I’ve launched and continue to operate several businesses, including a salon, an activewear brand, a pet recovery company, and a cosmetics line. Every venture has taught me something new about leadership, resilience, and what it takes to build something meaningful from the ground up. Read more>>
Tquan Moore
My story has two streams stemming from one core pursuit: I want to help transform this world for the better. Early on, I thought that pursuit would lead me to be a fighter pilot — my dad was in the Air Force, and I loved the planes (still do). But more than that, I wanted to do something that really mattered. Read more>>
Kaitlynn Hester
I studied Design at Loyola University in New Orleans, with a minor in Art History, and worked my way through college juggling multiple jobs, internships, and a full course load. After finishing school, I freelanced a variety of design jobs for several years while working in the service industry. Read more>>
Emily Yale Alexis Isenberg
We are two best friends who turned a candy obsession into the gift and celebration destination of our dreams — think custom candy gifts, premium pick-and-mix candy, balloons, and every little moment worth making sweeter. Over the years, what started as a shared passion became a dream of owning our own candy business. Read more>>
Aqua Jones
Six years ago, The Vibe Out Media Outlet began as The MTS Network—a small platform created to amplify independent artists, entertainers, and voices that deserved to be heard. What started as a passion for music, interviews, and community storytelling steadily grew into something much bigger. As the vision expanded, so did the platform. Read more>>
Kevin Vasquez
I would start walking and talking on the Katy Trail with my cousin before work in August of 2025. Fast forward to January 2026, I started walking the trail with a friend from my church and noticed it helped our relationship grow. I wanted that for my young adults group at church since I noticed them not talking to each other. Read more>>
Christine Holland
Lilyfield began from a simple idea: life moves quickly, and the small moments are often the ones that matter most. With a background in medicine, education, and leadership, I spent years focused on caring for others, building a career, and raising a family. Read more>>
Jena Pitman
Texas Motion Pictures really grew out of a combination of creativity, timing, and two very different professional backgrounds coming together. My husband, Steve, retired from the U.S. Navy in 2017, and we moved to Texas. Moved back to Texas for me. We had both always loved photography and videography. Read more>>
Danni Trahan
My story with ministry really began when I was in eighth grade. Because of the circumstances surrounding my life and the direction I was headed, I was taken to the women’s prison in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana. I was told that if I continued down the path I was on, I could eventually end up there myself. Read more>>
Taylor Moran
I started posting about motherhood and homeschooling in 2017. I had just finished college at UNT and I was doing my student teaching to become a teacher, and I was pregnant with my first, and I realized I did not like how school felt for my nervous system. Read more>>
Emily Stein
I’m excited to share my journey with you. Primal Health, LLC is my passion project—a venture inspired by deeply personal experiences. My grandmother’s stroke and the near-death of my new rescue dog, both plagued by dental disease, pushed me to develop a way to naturally restore balance to the oral microbiome, ultimately supporting dental health in both humans and pets. Read more>>
Bridgette Marshall
I studied Fashion Marketing at El Centro College, and while I was in school, I started my first retail job at Crossroads Trading Co. What began as an entry-level role quickly turned into a passion, and over the years I worked my way up to Store Manager. During my time at Crossroads, I built strong relationships within the Greenville Avenue retail and resale community. Read more>>
AL-B Anderson
I started making music because I genuinely love creating. Over time, I became passionate about audio engineering and helping other artists bring their ideas to life. What started as producing beats and recording music eventually grew into Vibe Lab, a creative space where artists can record, collaborate, and develop their careers. Read more>>
