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Buzz Interviews Amy Robinson of Tiny Fox Creative

I found a love for graphic design at 24 when I decided to make my own wedding invites (2009). I honestly had no idea that what I was doing was graphic design and over the course of the year (2010), I found myself becoming more interested in it.

I graduated from Glendale Community College in the spring of 2011, and by the fall I was enrolled in the design program at the Herberger Institute of the Design and Arts at Arizona State University (ASU). I immersed myself in the program finding out that graphic design was, and is, more than just putting pretty pictures together, but that design could literally create change in the world.

My third year in the design program was when this all became clear to me. Our class was assigned a rebranding project for an Arizona local nonprofit; Circle the City – a homeless respite center that addresses all facets of homelessness through medical and holistic care. They had a wonderful mission, but a very minimal budget, which is why they requested the help of the design students from ASU. My team and I became so connected to the mission and purpose of Circle the City. We learned that by assisting them in their design work and rebranding, that donors, doctors, and volunteers would be more likely to trust Circle the City, believe in their mission, and aid the nonprofit in connecting with other volunteers who held the same vision.

I quickly realized that I could make a difference for other nonprofits and small businesses in the same position as Circle the City. Most small businesses and nonprofits leave graphic design as the last thing on their budgetary priority list or even off of it completely. I started Tiny Fox Creative to give those small businesses and nonprofits a helping hand to launch their passion and have a great visual brand from the beginning setting them up for success. I partner with them to cultivate a well designed brand (not just a logo) that will be genuine, organic, and one of a kind that establishes an identity that stands the test of time.

Buzz Interviews D Franquez of The Miami Give Back

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The Miami Give Back all started with a hairstylist named Daniella Franquez a young mother of two in Miami,fl who has always loved to do philanthropy work in her community and showing her daughters a different way to view less fortunate by donating her hair cutting services to local events and shelters around Broward and Miami- Dade counties. With a single Instagram post on her work page @beautybydaniella_ “I want to do something for the homeless, who’s in?” set in motion a wave that no one ever imagined would grow into such a beautiful movement. With the help of a few followers “The Miami Give Back” was born. Daniella enlisted the help of friends, strangers, anyone willing to lend a helping hand, and that’s when Rey Zubizarreta @ray_ur_barber, Jean Varela @shinzotheomega and Alex Gonzalez @oso_fresh_cutz stepped up to be the first barbers to hit the streets of Miami with Daniella. Not knowing what to expect, they showed up with two tables, three chairs, a cooler of water, clothes to donate, and a car adapter that ran an extension cord to power the machines to cut hair. It was AMAZING how grateful the homeless was, they must have done at least 50 men and women on the sidewalk under the bridge. When the day was done and they were cleaning up, A homeless man thanked them for the humanity and kindness shown that day and proceeded to ask when they would be returning? Shocked and humbled, the group agreed to dedicate the first Saturday of the upcoming months to come back and service the streets, and The Miami Give Back became a registered non-profit organization and started a mission and a promise to impact the homeless and less fortunate communities by donating haircuts, shaves, clothes, and most importantly someone to talk to and provide hope, possibly motivation to get off the streets. The Miami Give Back has consistently done the monthly events ever since.

Buzz Interviews Calisha & Nakiethie Tunwar & Jones of Basic Attire Everyday

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We are blood sisters that have always had fashion and entrepreneurship within our family history. From running around through clothing racks in our grandmother store to drawing personal designs in school years, including designing my senior prom dress. I (Calisha Tunwar) obtained a certificate in Visual Merchandising with an Associate’s in Fashion Marketing. Most importantly our kids set us on the path. Being able to start a company with each other shows our kids that siblings have a special bond and family is always first.

Buzz Interviews Heidi Ferguson of Stitches and Rust

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I was born into a family of thrifters. Although we were not wealthy my parents had a keen eye for finding hidden gems at thrift stores and estate sales. I guess I caught the bug early on because I remember cutting out of class when I was in 3rd grade to go to a church rummage sale next door and picking up trinkets for my room, and not coming back until the bus took me home. That started my life long obsession with thrifting which eventually turned into my business.

Buzz Interviews Jeremy M of P.U.R.P.

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I was born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a small city known mainly for its universities. I’ve lived a true rollercoaster of life in my opinion, from being raised by a single mom to being homeless while still in high school to running the streets to finally finding my purpose, all while chasing a dream that most never thought could be possible. I began my music career by playing the piano and writing poetry from when I was eight years old up until my later teen years. My close friend at that time, started talking about how he knew a producer and he wanted to start rapping so I told him, let’s put our money together and do it. I learned then that being young, having street money, and doing music without any guidance will just have you running like a dog chasing its tail. Over the next few years, I developed a drinking habit, I was in and out of trouble, and I even tried to overdose when I lost the money and the woman I cared about. I was fortunate enough to have another chance at life. I saw the opportunity to move to Atlanta, to go back to college, and do music so I took advantage of that, and I never looked back. Being in a new city alone was tough, but I made a way. I found myself getting an internship at Twelve Studios, where I was surrounded by a lot of great talents in the music industry, and worked my way up to manager. While working there, I lost my grandmother and tried to quit the studio so that I could move back home, but they wouldn’t let me. They told me to take whatever time off I needed for my family, but they can’t let me leave; I still thank them for that because I’d probably be in jail if I had moved back home.

Buzz Interviews Lisa Jacobs of Vacay Vans

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I started with dreams of becoming an actor, but that’s one of those professions that everyone tells you is a dream that’s impossible to achieve. I gave up on the dream for something more “practical,” studying psychology and eventually going to law school. I knew the actual day-to-day of being a lawyer wasn’t for me, but I understood that people would likely take me more seriously if I was a “lawyer.” After law school, I jumped into real estate investor and flipping houses in Austin, Texas, which I truly love. Renovating homes is the perfect combination art and business. It’s not just about the numbers, it’s about the emotions the buyer feels when they enter their future home.

I focused on tiny homes and vintage trailers, renovating them with sustainable, upcycled materials. Then I started seeing the vanlife trend and realized that a cargo van could be thoughtfully designed to be a beautiful, fully off-grid home. I renovated a Nissan NV2500 camper van and it was my home for 2 years. I was a full-time wanderer, exploring the nooks and crannies of this vast country. I worked as an interior design consultant as a traveled and have invested in rental properties in Austin, Texas and Tucson, Arizona.

Buzz Interviews Bianca Rugimbana of BMRPR

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As an Australian born and raised, I moved to Georgia in 2006 on a tennis scholarship to pursue a Communications degree (with a love for the entertainment industry) and now here we are. My first interaction with the music industry was in 2006 with Young Jeezy’s CTE label for a brief stint, before working with an accomplished bi-coastal celebrity publicist, Penelope Jean.

In 2010, I graduated from Georgetown College, KY with a Communications degree before returning home to Australia where I pursued a law degree and graduated in 2014. Despite working a 9-5 for years, the passion I had for having my own business and becoming a successful celebrity publicist in the music industry stuck with me and so I decided to pursue it more proactively.

In 2015, I came across a NYC management company, Digital Launch, headed by Elis Pacheco, an industry executive with decades of experience and it was through Elis and his team, I was able to work on my first music tour in Australia, assisting with publicity for Fat Joe’s 2016 Australian tour. From here, the domino effect started.

I went from working on Joe’s tour to assisting other publicists in Australia on the YG tour and Migos’ first tour in 2017. Slowly but surely building relationships in the industry, I then began to gain experience working with other major artists in the US, all while residing in Australia.

In 2019, I worked with Boosie Badazz’s team and am currently the International Publicist for South Coast Music Group, a record label out of Charlotte, NC who founded DaBaby and has produced other great talents such as Blacc Zacc, Toosii and Big Mali. Owned by Arnold Taylor, this is a label that I am proud to work with after 4 years of building relationships and slowly working my way up the industry ladder. CEO, Arnold Taylor has not only been a supportive mentor but is certainly a label executive who continues to provide ongoing support for his entire team, whether you’re an artist, fellow executive, assistant and in my case, a publicist. After years of working with a number of talented artists, it’s great to be able to have a solid team and label that I can continue to grow my career with.

In 2019, I was invited to attend the iHeart Music Radio Awards and now we are in 2020, BMRPR.com continues to celebrate little wins and achievements. This year, the business will launch a social media influencer program aimed at connecting influencers with brands around the world, and for those independent music artists, I will be launching an audio book to assist them in leveraging their talents and taking their careers to the next level through successful marketing, promotion and public relations techniques.

Buzz Interviews Emma of RealTalk Productions

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About a year ago, I started a company whose goal was to help women learn how to challenge toxic elements of their relationship with themselves and with other women. It was about a year and a half of writing, interviewing, and building before the launch in January of 2019.

As I studied and gathered information and stories about wounded warrior women, it became very clear to me how many different narratives were out there that no one would ever hear. What was even more frustrating was the realization that the reason these stories wouldn’t get told was not just because people were afraid to tell them, but because the right platform either didn’t exist or was not accessible to an “every-day” person. As soon as I started publishing content, the response was somewhat overwhelming: women were coming out of every corner of my life wanting to be a part of the project, and even more were coming forward simply to thank me for putting this particular brand of content out into the world.

It was a very short two months after the launch that I started to feel claustrophobic because the platform I had created was not wide enough to fit everyone who needed it. Even my own ideas and soapboxes were starting to outgrow the original mission statement. I needed to regroup. So I put the project on hold, and started a different one. It was a dating podcast – just something to help me use my creative energy and endless opinions, while simply entertaining myself and whoever wanted to listen. My co-host and I had the show up and running in four days. Four months later, we were once again outgrowing the original idea.

We decided to make the podcast an official company, but I had learned from my previous experience, and I saw an opportunity. So, we created a brand called RealTalk Productions. And let me tell you, I had plans for this platform.

Buzz Interviews Allex Redd of Truth N Art Tattoo

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I started this journey five years ago and to be completely transparent I never really thought I’d become a Tattoo Artist let alone travel across the country tattooing. All I knew was one day I just had this moment of clarity, reflecting from my father passing away in my arms to my closest friends dying tragically and being incarcerated then almost losing my life and freedom myself I realized I had to find another way because the lifestyle that I was living would only end up with me dead or in jail and I was approaching the conclusion to either of these roads soon. Desperate to find my next phase in life I searched every possibility out there but unfortunately with no degree or high school diploma my options were very limited and I actually ended up homeless for a brief period as I had to learn about managing money after being so accustomed to not having to care about finances at all. Eventually I realized I would need to create my own opportunity, then the idea to do tattoos came from friends and family pushing me to do something with art since I was always drawing to pass the time. I started drawing at a very young age inspired by my older brother who was an amazing artist but unfortunately he was seduced by the glamour and grittiness of what we would call in today’s terms “the trap” and never took the chance or opportunities to show the world his talent. So with the money I had left I bet it all on me and put it into getting an apprenticeship and everything needed to learn how to tattoo. Then eventually after a lot of hard work, dedication and sacrifice I opened up a tattoo shop with my best friend who’s more like a brother to me named Marcus Tate(remarcable_art on IG) and surrounded ourselves with other amazing artist like Faith Hudgens(bigmama.ink on IG) and Cam Johnson(camxlj_ink on IG) to make up a collective of talent that ended up becoming like a family to me and we’ve been going strong ever since.

Buzz Interviews Yusef Brewster of Total Urban Fitness

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To truly paint the picture of my story, we must travel back to May of 1993 in Long Island, New York. I was a month old when my Father became a certified personal trainer ,and honestly without him doing so I probably wouldn’t have become one myself. To this day he is one of my biggest inspirations and I’m still learning from the master. As a child, I was always extremely active and blaring loads of energy. When I turned 7 years old I started hanging out at the gym with my dad playing with other kids and slowly absorbing his training experiences with his clients. I had no idea that observing him for the next four years would set the tone for my career.

Fast forward to 2012, past the teenaged years of “what do you want to do with your life”, I finally decided to become a Certified Personal Trainer. I developed my craft, using the lessons from my Father linked with mentors along the way. Eventually in 2017 at a gym from my past, I worked my way up to earning the Number 1 Trainer award 3 months in a row only a few months after I started working there. As I knew I wanted to grow and spread my wings further, I parted ways with that gym to grow my own business. Even though my company was formed officially back in 2015, 2018 is when I began to connect the dots. Today my company’s focus is on in-home personal training and we plan on being Buckhead’s number one source by the end of 2020.