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Buzz Interviews Cami Warner of Bombshell Boudoir Intimate Photography

As long as I can remember, I’ve always had a camera in my hand, taking pictures of anything and everything I possibly could. I started taking photography classes in High School and then later in college. I loved photography and could not get enough of it. Other than the few professional classes I've taken, I'm a self-taught photographer. I officially opened Bombshell Boudoir about a year and a half ago. At the time of opening my business, my husband was deployed and for an anniversary gift I decided to do a boudoir shoot of my own for him. I was…

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Buzz Interviews Ariel Imani

My journey began in the church. I grew up in a church on the Southside of Chicago called Salem Baptist Church and I would watch my mother and her friends sing, lead worship, play instruments, etc. Growing up I spent quite a bit of my time in church every week in rehearsals on Tuesday, bible study on Wednesday, and regular church service on Sunday. For a while it wasn't just one service on Sunday's but we would have three separate services on Sunday and my mother would more than likely have to sing at all three. This is how my…

Buzz Magazine Interviews Nicole Thompson of Nikky T

My name is Nikky T, I am a singer, songwriter and dancer from San Diego, CA. My story begins onstage, where my passion was first developed. My love for the arts started when I was put in my first dance class at the age of three. My passion for dance continuously grew and I threw myself into every style there was including: ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, lyrical, and pointe. I always found myself on stage either through recitals, auditions, plays, or showcases. I was addicted to the entertainment realm, and It was all I wanted to do. Since…

Buzz Interviews Channin Fulton of Channin Fulton Art + Design

They say that good things come to those who wait. But I'm convinced that good things come after a kick out the door. I didn't anticipate being laid off in 2016 from my dream job—I had been working as a junior designer at a local brand agency at the time, and I remember feeling so grateful for my opportunity to be there, but also feeling a bit stagnant and frustrated about sitting at a computer 9-5. Lay-offs happened, I was let go, and I remember feeling so defeated. I had no plan, no sense of "what next", and no real…

Buzz Interviews Jodi Watson of SmartCanister

More than 10 years ago, while I was working as the head of a direct-to-consumer division at a large footwear manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, my husband came up with this idea while playing around in the Maker space. At the time, Kirby owned a small coffee company called Direct Trade Coffee Club, where he sourced, roasted and fulfilled coffee orders for consumers and companies. His idea came about because he saw that his customers had a hard time accurately ordering and reordering their coffee online because all subscriptions are based on time vs. consumption. While at the Maker space,…

Buzz Interviews Casey LeBlanc of New Venture Escrow, Inc.

Lifelong entrepreneur. Started New Venture Escrow almost 10 years ago with the idea to change how buyers and sellers experience a 30 day contract period before buying or selling a home. We have built a culture around celebrating, fun, technology, innovation, and health and wellness. We have grown from $0 revenue to over 10M in that time. Continue Reading Meet Casey LeBlanc of New Venture Escrow, Inc.

Buzz Interviews Rayne Blakely-Lopez of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Nu Upsilon Chapter

I was born and raised in Los Angeles in the Crenshaw District. Growing up, education was always at the forefront of my family. My father is a teacher and my mom is a sign language interpreter, as a result I have always had great role models for what I can do in life right in front of me. With that being said, “Work before play” is the motto I go by but don’t get me wrong I am also such an outspoken person who loves to be involved in any way that I can. Anyone who knows me knows how…

Buzz Interviews Max Bergstrom of Avenue Army

I am a songwriter, composer, and musician in the band Avenue Army. My mother told me that I was always keeping rhythm and tapping my hands and feet to the beat of the music, even as an infant. Besides banging on pots and pans as a toddler and running around signing and playing a toy guitar in my early childhood, I began playing violin and saxophone in third grade, but neither one of them lasted. My mother bought me an electric guitar for my ninth birthday, and I began teaching myself to play right away. I wrote my first complete…

Buzz Interviews Cashitta and Rony Morales and Gipson of Moe Food SD

Since I was a child, my mother Rony has been an amazing cook. I can remember always being in the kitchen watching and learning. Friends and family would always ask her to cook for special events and parties. As time went on, my mother and I would talk often about owning a restaurant one day. I (CiCi) moved to Utah at the end of 2019 and after working a crazy amount of overtime, I decided that I wanted to go back home to San Diego and invest the time I put into someone else’s business into a business of my…

Buzz Interviews Armonie Williams of ArmonieJAY

I am a Independent Artist out of Los Angeles, CA. I’ve been making music for about three years now, I use to work at Roscoes and had a friend named Chill who owned a studio so he would let me come and work on some songs after I clocked out. I started making covers and eventually decided that I would try to write my own songs. Now 3 years later I have a EP out with seven songs on it all written by me. It took a lot of patience to get to where I’m at today and I still…