Tiffany Becerra
Two years ago, I took a life-changing trip to Thailand and Cambodia and fell head over heels in love with traveling the world. I started my blog, Roundtripgypsy.com, as a way to help fellow travelers navigate their way through a city in different countries. I take the guesswork out of having to figure out exactly what to do and see, where to stay, what to eat, how to prepare and more. Read more>>
Rosi Sanchez
I grew up in Oak Cliff, Texas, an urban community in Dallas, Texas. I was raised by Mexican-Immigrants. I currently run and oversee social for an upcoming and brand, Beauty Bioscience and consult with my business Digital High Media for several clients. Read more>>
William Holston
I went on to attend SMU Law School, graduating in 1981. I have practiced law for over thirty years. After I found out I passed the bar I was sworn in by Judge Ed Kinkeade, then a state district judge. I immediately signed up for court appointed criminal defense cases. Read more>>
Amanda Hayes
It all began out of necessity. Having five children, one with special needs, there was always a struggle with money. Five kids always need shoes, money for sports, doctor bills, vacations, even groceries. My husband worked full time for a family business while I started a sewing business on Etsy. Read more>>
Bob Sweeney
I began in homeless ministry 20 years ago having once been a senior pastor and then the head chaplain for a prison in Pennsylvania. I came to Dallas in 2005 with the Homeless No More Program I had written 15 years before. For years I had seen caring people in my churches that wanted to make a difference yet i was convinced they did not know where to begin. Read more>>
Rey Contreras
Starting from a very early age, without any conscious understanding of why, I began developing an appreciation for the visual arts and designs in life that were created through a variety of mediums. With having a diverse range of interests in music, films, video games, sports and television shows, there was also an equal amount of interest in all of the additional art and materials that came with these subjects. Read more>>
Lynae Fearing
Growing up, I worked in restaurants to pay for my schooling. While I was in college, I met my future husband who at the time was becoming a well known chef. While we were dating, I experienced a world of food that I had not been exposed to before. Read more>>
Shanna Lee
I had been working in corporate marketing and sales for over 10 years, and half of that time I had been practicing yoga. I had taken all the various classes and workshops and the opportunity to take teacher training came about. I signed up, having no desire to teach yoga but just interested in doing another “thing.” Read more>>
Daisah Riley, Alexandria Traylor
The Glow Print was created from the desire for more intimacy and genuine relationship for Black and Brown creatives and entrepreneurs in the Dallas area. As a college student, I spent all of the little coins I had on attending brunches, panel events, and various other networking opportunities the city had to offer for a women of color, like myself. Read more>>
Crystal Pollard
Sports and movement have been a constant in my life. My parents made sure to keep my mind and body active and so my earliest memories involve some element of play and sport. As a child, I remember being faster than my competition which back then meant I was better. Read more>>
Javier Heredia
I’ve always secretly known that pizza, by itself can save the world. Honestly, how many foods can satisfy little kids and grown ups? even when its cold?!…exactly! Pizza can…always has and always will. Social Pie began as an vehicle to contribute and better our community. Read more>>
Najee Rashad
Looking at photographs is therapeutic. An image can draw you out of the chair you’re sitting in and into another world. Standing on top of the grand canyon would make you feel and stir up an awe inside of your chest; a photograph does that for me. Read more>>
Dallas Hale
After serving in the military for five years, I started bartending and learning everything I could about the hospitality industry. I knew I eventually wanted to own a bar/restaurant but let me tell you, working and owning are two very different stories. Read more>>
Radz D.
Well I was born in New York City during the fall of 1983. We weren’t there long before my parents set their sights on the west coast of Africa, so off we went to Lagos, Nigeria where I spent most of my childhood. As adolescence faded and I came into my “rebellious” teen years I departed Lagos to attend a strict, Catholic, all – girls boarding school in jolly old London. Read more>>
Mark Stuertz
I’ve always been in publishing. Though I worked in restaurant kitchens throughout high school and most of college, I managed bookstores in my final year before taking a sales rep position with Random House. Read more>>
Callie Cherry
It all started when I was fourteen years old. I was at home with my older sister when I found my mother’s camera. For whatever reason, I felt the need to pick it up and start taking pictures of anything and everything. I ended up having an impromptu photoshoot with my sister later that day. Read more>>
Brittany Bullock
I’ve always been the type to plan and organize. It’s been second nature. All the trips, group outtings, etc I found myself always the person planning things. Mix that with my love of travel and will to help other people it just made sense for me to turn it into a business. Read more>>
Steven Visneau
I have always had an obsession with photography although I never thought I could actually become a photographer. I had dreams of being a musician, touring and waking up in a different city every day, staying in the best hotels, seeing the world on the dime of a band imagined all through a soft focus, black and white grainy glow. Read more>>
Ben Davis
From a young age, I was obsessed with building things – a passion that eventually led me to building my own websites in high school. My first project was website to share my mp3 song collection with friends (this was pre-napster, it was in that legal “grey area”). Read more>>
Kyle Ogden
After graduating from The University of Texas with an MBA degree, I earned my CPA certificate and worked briefly in public accounting for Deloitte. My future father-in-law invited me to work in his family business, which manufactured chemical specialties. Read more>>
Ben Coats
Coats Homes originated as a partnership with a 50-year-old homebuilding company. Under Ben’s leadership as a second generation builder and Dallas local, Coats Homes has evolved into a full service team of professionals able to meet our clients’ full range of design and home building needs. Read more>>
Michele Dowdy
My mom started decorating cakes when I was 2 because she wanted my brother and I to remember her making our birthday cakes. This is one of the many reasons I named my Bakery after her. I grew up around decorating cakes and truly took an interest at 10, I did my first wedding cake when I was 14 with my moms encouragement and support every step of the way. Read more>>
Marcy Rodsky
She ain’t no schooled musician with a fancy degree. Miss Marcy is a Bar Singer. She graduated from University of North Texas with a degree in English Literature and since then has been hanging out in bars and playing music with Dallas’ finest musicians. Read more>>
Rebecca Taylor
The Genealogy Guru, LLC, has as its foundation Rebecca’s own personal fascination with family history. After she discovered her great grandfather’s WWI draft card and solved a 100 year old mystery from his past, she was hooked. Rebecca delights in the journey: uncovering the people, places and events that have led up to the people we are today. Read more>>
Randy Moon
In the 1990’s and by the early 2000’s, I had risen through the ranks of a Fortune 500 company to a director’s level and also reached the level of regional vice-president in a smaller but sizable corporation. I can’t say I enjoyed the rise and I realized how much I really wanted to be an entrepreneur. Read more>>
Molly Russell
After my oldest was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism I realized that the financial impact of a special needs diagnosis was sometimes great than the emotional impact on a family. I am so fortunate to be in a financial position to provide our son with any and all care that he needs, and I began to quickly understand that the majority of special needs families are absolutely drowning, financially. Read more>>
Natalie Boyle
I was living in LA and working at a large movie production company when I found out that I was pregnant with not one but two girls! My husband and I made the decision that we needed to be closer to family and move to a place that would allow me to stop working and be a full time stay-at-home mom while they were little, so we moved to Dallas. Read more>>
