Claudio Leiva
My first brake happened before I was done with engineering school and go an internship on a prestigious post production studio in Santiago Chile. Little by little I started to perform more studio like tasks and yes, eventually I became an assistant engineer and then became assistant and the engineer. Read more>>
Carl Hallowell
My first tattoo was homemade. I wasn’t old enough to get a tattoo, much less could I afford one! The year was 1989 and I had only seen one tattoo parlor in my life. My uncle Mike had a couple of tattoos. We watched The Germs and X give each other homemade tattoos on Decline of the Western Civilization. Read more>>
Grant Pruitt
I was successful at one of the largest real estate companies in the world, and I started to feel a shift in the industry. The players were getting larger, and Wall Street was driving the decision making. The bigger the company and the more mouths that needed to be fed, the larger the prospective client needed to be. Read more>>
Tony Ellis
When I was younger I was always burning CDs and mixtapes for friends. I was almost obsessed with finding the newest music, the underground band or artist, the rare b-sides. It was just something I had to share with my friends. Read more>>
Rachel Baughman
I am a preachers kid. My dad and the 4 generations before him were all Methodist pastors in Texas. As the 6th generation pastor in my family, I am the first female I that line. As is the case in many other lines of work, ministry is an area that has been a predominantly male profession. Read more>>
Bre Black
One night I was up late watching a show on BET called, “The Lyric Cafe.” This was a show strictly dedicated to the spoken word aspect of poetry. I remember watching this show with my mouth dropped and in shock. I was in love. I was in awe. Read more>>
John Martin Gallegos
When I was a kid, waking up to handmade flour tortillas by my grandfather or my grandmother, or having a delicious guesado “stew” ready for me after school was the best!. My parents were business owners and at some points had full time jobs, so my childhood was a little different. Read more>>
Amy Walton
I’m so excited to be hosting an interactive event and exhibit that celebrates National Letter Writing Month. On the second Sunday in April, everyone’s invited to drop by The Wild Detectives in Oak Cliff for some free fun. Read more>>
TrinityTags
I am 19 and was born in Venezuela. Me and my family moved to the United States when I was 6 years old. I began my Creative journey at the age of 14 when I joined a videography small group at Calvary Church and made a connection with the teacher, Jamaal Jackson. Read more>>
Cristin Parker
I grew up in what I call a wonderfully dysfunctional family. Our home was chaotic and I craved order. Being the oldest of four girls with an 11 year spread, there was a lot of crazy. Having experienced tumultuous relationships and not feeling prepared to launch for college, I looked for some outside help. Read more>>
Chris O’Connor
Having a creative outlet has always been a necessity for me, I tend to get a bit out of sorts if I’m not not constantly creating, be it drawing or music. If you saw my loft, it’s basically a collection of instruments for it. Guitars, paints, pencils, cameras, etc. Read more>>
Nicole Khan
One day I was at the gym working out. I noticed a personal trainer talking to one of his clients about nutrition, I could not help but listen to the conversation. They were talking about what foods to eat if they have a gluten sensitivity. Read more>>
Mark Melton
I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After high school, I didn’t go to college because I was told it was for rich people; not for me. Instead, I got married, and at 21 I found myself with a wife and two kids. The company I worked for filed bankruptcy, and laid off nearly 5,000 employees. Read more>>
Hollie Youngblood
A little bit about me…I have always dreamed of working in fashion..I grew up in Pittsburg, Texas. It’s a tiny little town in east Texas since most people haven’t heard of it. Even as a little kiddo, I would pick out my own outfits and would think about fashion 24/7! After leaving Pittsburg, I ended up with a degree in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Texas and working in public accounting. Read more>>
Max Levy
When I was seven years old I saw a model of a building. I can still vividly remember the enchantment of its miniature spaces and shadows, and the quiet thrill that this small object could predict a full-size building standing in the sun. Also, from the very beginning I loved to draw. Read more>>
Bryan Chatlien
I got started with Photography while growing up in Alaska. I was surrounded by landscapes, wilderness, and wildlife on an incredible scale, yet was always puzzled as to why it was so hard to capture on film. It was only a hobby then, but I kept working on how to translate some of the most beautiful things in this world into a format that I could share with others. Read more>>
Joy Pedrow Skarka
Joy Pedrow Skarka loves creating spaces to bring women freedom. As a doctoral student at Dallas Theological Seminary, Joy studies women, sexuality and shame. She recently married her husband Zack, a fellow DTS student, in her home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Read more>>
Breanna Doll, Anna Walsh
a&bé bridal shop opened in Dallas in fall of 2015. Dallas was the third location for a&be and the team could not be more happy to bring its signature shopping experience to Texas brides. a&bé originally opened its doors in the fall of 2013 in Denver. Read more>>
Leah Misty , David Tietje
David here. I had been teaching Yoga since 1996 when a friend invited me to a Vedic Thai Yoga Massage workshop she was organizing. The teachers name was “Mukti” Michael Buck and he was from Florida and I said OK. Read more>>
Carey Stinson
I went back to school about seven years ago to learn photography. Was lucky to get an amazing teacher in Vernetta Thomas who became my mentor. She showed me how to look at the world in a different way. I tried to tell a story through my images. Vernetta really gave me the tools to show me how to do that. Read more>>
Esmeralda Martinez
Since I was little I’ve always been captivated by colors, prints and different patterns. I was always into wearing things that no one else would wear but would think was cool when they saw it on me. I started expressing my style more and more as I grew older and it was until my Sophmore year of College that I started to style others. Read more>>
Phillip White
I found my passion for being creative at a young age. In school I would daydream of all the things I wanted out of life. Not knowing how to let my dreams turn into a reality I took a different path from being creative to essentially picking a degree from a college catalog. Read more>>
Larry North
I opened my 1st club in the prestigious Highland Park Village in 1989 at age 27. I opened the club with less than 20k borrowed from friends and family. The day I opened I had less than 50.00 in the bank. 29 years later I’ve opened and sold many clubs, written 3 best selling books, 30 year radio show, global infomercial, restaurant, speaking tours and hundreds of television appearances. Read more>>
Sunny Nadolsky
I bumped into our healthcare’s problem with opaque large price variance among providers about 3 years ago when I had to find the right imaging center to perform an MRI for my shoulder pain due to my $2000-deductible plan. Read more>>
George DiGianni
It’s taken many years for me to accept the fact that there will always be challenges. While I, at times don’t feel successful, looking back on my life I can honestly say I have written every challenge, failure, and success that’s come my way. Read more>>
