Taylor McMillan
I grew up loving fashion (thanks to my great grandmother Hazel Olive) and always dreamt of opening up my own store. After getting my degree in fashion design and merchandising and working in the industry since I was 16, I decided to take a leap of faith and pursue my dream. Read more>>
Rachel Buxkamper
I started my career in the fashion industry, as an assistant buyer for Neiman Marcus. I went through the ranks with buying positions in both the fashion and home areas, as well as buying for both store and web divisions, and as VP, Divisional Merchandise Manager over the Horchow brand and the home decor division of Neiman Marcus’ catalog and web business. Read more>>
Emily Edwards
Oh wow, where to start? There’s a very long version and a short version. Okay, I’ll give you the short romantic version. When I graduated from UNT at the tail-end of the recession, I knew I wanted to do something with marketing strategy, but jobs were slim pickins then – especially for new graduates. Read more>>
Greg O’Neal
Post college, 25 years ago I was happily drug into the world of retail by my cousin Kelly O’Neal who had launched a dynamic home furnishings retail store in the Quandrangle here in Dallas, called Legacy Trading Co, where I cut my teeth and the discovery of my talents. In the early 90’s we were certainly Dallas’ fashion forward and anti-main stream home store and amidst our expanding stores I was courted by Fort Worth based Pier 1 Imports where my world literally changed. Read more>>
Cappie McBeth
I joined Touchstone Crystal by Swarovski in June of 2015 with many other members of my team from a prior jewelry company…I just couldn’t stand the thought of not doing life and business without them! I also fell in LOVE with the product. Read more>>
Kristine Tawater
I never had an intention of becoming a midwife. I didn’t even know midwives existed until I was pregnant with my first baby. I had my first two babies in the hospital & I had good experiences with each of them as far as the birth goes, there is nothing there I regret except maybe my unnecessary episiotomy, but even from that experience, I have learned important lessons. Read more>>
Carol Barreyre
In 2000, I was working in the public relations department at EDS, a company anyone who’s been around North Texas long knows of. Right before the ginormous Y2K hype, the company laid off the majority of its public relations, marketing and communications team members. Read more>>
Clifford Welch
For as far back as I can remember, I’ve always had a great appreciation for design and the desire to create. Some of my earliest memories are of riding in the front seat of my Grandfather’s 1966 two-tone metallic gold Chevy pickup, surrounded by levels, toolbags, transits, and rolls of blueprints as we would drive around town checking on jobsites. Read more>>
Ryan Raschbaum
As a kid, I loved to draw but fell out of it by the time I reached middle school. I went several years without making much more than a few boredom induced doodles until I was forced to take an art class to complete my high school curriculum. The experience was more enjoyable than I had expected and led me to pursue an art degree. Read more>>
Natalie Knowlton, Sarah Knowlton
The story of WE THE BIRDS starts at the beginning of our lives. Sarah and I were born two years apart in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our lives quickly took flight because of our dad’s careet. Before the age of 13, we lived in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Houston, TX, Perth and Darwin, Australia, Dallas, TX and Lafayette, LA. We then moved to Southeast Asia and spent our formative years in Singapore as teenagers. Read more>>
SniperShot
Wes Brown, better known as SniperShot, was born on February 1983 in Dallas, Texas. Raised on the east side of town, SniperShot was a good athlete growing up, winning All State and All District accolades for football and soccer. This led to scholarship opportunities to play soccer in college, but due to lifestyle choices, none of those scholarships would come to fruition. Read more>>
Jessica Bollinger
Hi there! My name is Jessica Bollinger. I am a photographer here in North Texas! I am a Wife and Mother to three wonderful Boys, Wyatt, Garrett and Ian. (A little backstory here) I have been married to my Best Friend Seth, for 12 Years this July. Our first born, Wyatt, was diagnosed with Spina-Bifida before birth and we were told just after his birth that he would never walk. Read more>>
