Jerrica Justice
I’ve had a camera in my hand as long as I can remember! But it really all started when I got my first DSLR camera. My husband was in a band at the time and I loved taking pictures of them. While I was at their shows I would take pictures for other bands too. Read More>>
Ken Stone
I started jumping in the Australian Army back when I was eighteen years old. I was jumping military style round parachutes, and found a passion for jumping that led me to learn how to skydive. I learned to skydive on weekends, and then the military sent me to their Parachute Training School where I advanced my skills and spent the majority of my 26-year Army career as a specialized Military Free Fall Instructor, teaching basic to advanced parachuting skills. Read More>>
Ukay Ekong
My fitness journey began at age 12. At the time, my family and I were residing in Irving, TX, which was the home of IBFA Football. This was an organized youth football league similar to that of the very popular Pop Warner Youth Football Association. Pop Warner, then and even now, has always been known for bringing together some of the most talented youth the city for football. Read More>>
Brendan Maddock
Since 2003, AutoHail has traveled the globe repairing hail damaged vehicles. Since we are all family focused, we wanted to stay closer to home and we decided to make Wylie, TX our home base after the devastating storm early in 2016. When all the other dent repair companies went running due to the severity of the damage, we opened a full body shop where Jon’s Paint and Body was previously located. Read More>>
Irene Lam
My husband and I started our company in 2003. We are a home based business, and we mainly offer window treatments. We custom design, make, and install all fabric base treatments. Throughout the years, we have custom made over 400 window treatments and serve over 100 customers in the Collin County and surrounding area. Read More>>
Christina Williamson
I was 11 when I told my mother I wanted to become a hair stylist one day. As soon as I was old enough to enroll in cosmetology school, she made sure I was there. After I graduated Highschool/cosmetology school, I was already working on building my business. Read More>>
Chris Close
When we started, we wanted to bring the same intensity to our gym that the Original Metroflex Gym in Arlington is known for. The equipment here is just a platform on which to work because without the intensity and hard work you really have nothing more than big iron equipment collecting dust. We wanted a gym that represents the Metroflex name and what it is known for…. Read More>>
Elnora Gillespie
After graduating college in 1991, I attended and graduated 1992 Barbizon Modeling School to learn the other side of beauty. How to dress… How to correctly wear makeup. How to walk and carry myself as a professional lady for myself and around others. Read More>>
Jackie Sorrenti
I worked as an IT professional for almost 20 years as a Supply Chain specialist. The company I worked with the longest, was sold and business declined…. layoffs were happening at the end of every quarter….and I figured it was just a matter of time for my position to be eliminated…. Read More>>
Maritza Spainhouer
Maritza started Stamina Wellness Center in 2013 in McKinney, Texas after spending 13 years as a stay-at-home mother and after deciding to change careers. Maritza is also sight-impaired and decided to focus on a new career to accommodate her loss of vision, which is irreversible and progressive. Maritza’s extra preceptory skills allows her to render a personalized and specialized whole-body massage therapy experience that her customers rave about. Read More>>
Marla Farrell
I’ve always loved dancing. That is my passion that moves me. But as I’ve gotten older and am past prime dancing years I still can’t stop. That passion has now turned into fitness. I started on an award-winning HS Drill team in Mesquite called the N Mesquite Pacesetters. Read More>>
Shayla Bailey
A&S began in 2015 as an idea sparked by Arthur Rodgers and Shayla Bailey. Arthur began detailing vehicles in college, working out of his apartment complex he realized his customers were intrigued at the simplicity and convenience of getting their cars cleaned while they attended school and events on campus. I did not have experience detailing vehicles until I met Arthur but we both shared a common love and passion for cars and wanted to provide a convenient service to those who shared that same love of their vehicles. Read More>>
Bonni Wildesen Hise
Growing up in Maryland, right on the border of DC, I was an underweight child who shot up to 5’8″ at the age of 11. Being tall and lanky, and under nourished led to many injuries, and long-standing nutrition ailments. I was taught to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. As a child, I simply did not want to eat, I was bored with the process of eating, and felt it was “too much trouble.” My parents did what they could to put food into my body, and get me to eat. Read More>>
Stacie Weever
I have always been an entrepreneur; starting my first online business when I was only 16. I received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a major in Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management from the University of North Texas when I was 20. I opened Fermentations Premium Beer & Wine in McKinney in 2004 and sold it in 2007. Since then I have attempted various home-based businesses and pursued photography as a hobby. Read More>>
Christy and Jenny Sullivan
I started selling used draperies out of my antique booth in 1998. I would find these great drapery treatments when hunting for treasures. Before long, the drapery treatments were selling better than my antiques. After 5 years of selling used draperies out of an antique mall, I started buying new fabrics and offering custom drapes. Read More>>
Ashley Jones
Ashley started The Jones Studio of Dance in 2006 after graduating. She has years of Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Salsa, Hip-Hop, Cheer-leading, Gymnastics, Tumbling, East Coast Swing and West Coast dance experience. She was selected to be a judge for the Kwanzaa Festival tryouts for dance talent, she was a cheerleader in college, she is an Ambassador I for the SPCA of Texas, she has performed in talent shows, recitals, church functions, she’s choreographed several dance routines, CPR certified, she is a member of North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship, she is a member of Women of Faith, speaks German, she has her degree in Arts and her goal is to have her MFA and her PhD in Philosophy of Dance. Read More>>
