Dallas today is a cosmopolitan city known for its high concentration of restaurants and shopping centers. Skyscrapers, such as Bank of America Plaza and Reunion Tower, create a striking night skyline.
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My journey as an artist has been a bit of a roller coaster. I've always loved acting and music since childhood. I remember singing in the church choir and playing the drums and piano in my early school days. I also remember doing plays and reciting monologues and poetry growing up. I started writing songs around the age of 13/14 but never took them anywhere. During my Jr/Sr year of high school I started to get more involved with my schools theater program and the school step team. After a year at Howard University as a hospitality major I came…
The U.S Army is really where my road to entrepreneurship started. In the army I was a generator mechanic for about five years. A male-dominated industry that demanded most of my time. I loved that I was a part of something bigger than myself and that with my job specifically I was able to help others; but I Wanted more control of my time and income. From the first out at 21 I feel like God started grooming me for the position that I have today. I kept finding myself in situations that I couldn’t explain, except to say that…
When I went to school for Graphic Design, I was being taught how to work for a company or at a desk. Doing work for people, not for myself. After graduating, I attempted to do some freelancing work - working for others and designing the products they were looking for. While I was able to give them what they wanted, I was not fulfilling my dream or having complete passion for what I was doing. I had a repertoire of illustrations and drawings in my notebook that I had not used. I spoke to a friend and showed them the…
Yana: I would say that we were naturally called to this space. Personally though, podcasting came on my radar at a time when I was pushing through one of the lowest moments in my life. I had experienced a cancer scare and both of my parents were experiencing issues around their health. Podcasts played a vital role into my self-healing story. One of the ways I found myself navigating through was tuning into shows on my then drive to and from work. I became so connected and really fell in love with this form of media. What started out as…
Dominic, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. MY story is not finished as God is still working through me. I am a new father to a six-month-old beautiful daughter and I have been married for three years now and we reside in Frisco, TX. I own my own Company, ChefNIC and CO. and I am co-Owner of Gemini Engraving. I also am one of the executive chefs at Toyota and Lexus Headquarters in Plano TX (125 acres, 700 people on campus, 14 different outlets to…
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.
Family. Perspective. Mission. These three consequential cornerstones are what essentially molded me into the person I am today… With my father a retired military general and my mother a former school teacher, I grew up in a household that valued discipline, diligence and encouraged striving for greatness. Whether it be excellence in academia or quality performance in sports, we were expected to strive for above par results in anything we do. My FAMILY played a huge role in my upbringing because they helped instill a fear in me…… not the kind of fear that drags you down, but rather the…
I have been drawing since I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, I started off drawing stick man then I started put swords in there hands and started filling in there whole bodies. I was big on Kung Fu movies, I believe if I meditated long enough that I would be able to fly into tree like they did in the films. My cousin Ken was a great artist, me and him spent a lot of time drawing pictures and other kids at my elementary school was real good artist, this all influence me to continue to work on…
I grew up in Newport, Arkansas, a small town in Northeast, Arkansas. There was a reputable florist in our town named Purdy’s that always gave excellent customer service. I watched how the owner, Mr. John Purdy, would say, “I will personally see to it your order is taken care of.” When he said that, it made me feel like he appreciated my business and I was important. I have always remembered that and use it frequently now because every customer deserves excellent service and every customer IS very important to me. I also had two classmates,twins, that had a successful…
I purchased my first DSLR camera in 2010 for my photojournalism course. There, I learned a lot about lighting and manual shooting. After the semester, I didn't really pick up my camera up "professionally" until around 2014, for graduation shoots. It wasn't until 2019 that I decided to purchase another camera and starting doing maternity sessions. In order to build up my portfolio, I was doing a lot of free shoots to try to build a clientele up. One year later, a hobby of mine has turned into a small business. I owe it all to those who refer me,…