The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below.
Stacey Forester
Absolutely — I’d make this more personal and story-driven than your Zillow bio, while still highlighting your experience and accomplishments. Read more>>
Samara (Desdemona) Fraker
I’ve been involved in performance art my whole life. Started as a pageant kid, that evolved into theatre, and eventually a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadowcast. I played Columbia for two years. My cast mates encouraged me to do burlesque and during my first burlesque performance something clicked. I knew that was what I was supposed to be doing with my life. Read more>>
Ruth Navarro
I’ve been in the Army for 20 years now (both active and Reserve). I’ve always been fascinated by people- what drives them, why they behave the way they do, and why some make great leaders while others fall short. Along the way I picked up a lot of experience with leadership, both leading and following, and I saw good leaders and not-so-good ones. Read more>>
isaiah reyes
My name is isaiah reyes, but most commonly known as isaiahfromtexas, the founder of SA Collective, Bruk Out! I started my DJ career in 2004, but prior to that I was behind the scenes in the music business. My focus in music has been Caribbean sounds. Read more>>
Yasmine Bianca
I started my journey in 2018 simply by sharing my life online. What began with beauty content and everyday vlogs on YouTube grew organically as I continued to share the things I genuinely loved—beauty, lifestyle, motherhood, personal growth, and the experiences that have shaped me along the way. Read more>>
Jen McKee
I actually fell into the trades completely by accident. In 2021, I was running my marketing agency when I started working with my first plumbing client. She wanted her company to be everywhere, and I wanted a social media client I could put on TikTok—so we decided to try it. Read more>>
John Russ
I grew up in New Orleans, and for a long time I thought I might end up in radio. I listened to a lot of NPR, went to the University of Alabama for a year and came home without much of a plan. My parents told me it was time to find a job, so I ended up working on the Steamboat Natchez. Read more>>
Delia Atenea Hickman
I started Momma Loves Fashion as a blog and Instagram account back in 2017 just as a little test to see if anything would come out of it. Read more>>
Debra Beuning
My love for baking started as a child, baking alongside my mom and learning the value of family recipes and handmade treats. In 2013, I started my baking journey as a cottage food baker, never imagining how far it would grow. About six years ago, I discovered macarons and quickly fell in love with the creativity, precision, and artistry behind them. Read more>>
Andrew Flores
The noise of the local scene was always there. . . screaming guitars, raw energy, and talented heavy rock bands pouring everything onto small stages. But looking around, it was clear that talent alone wasn’t enough. Read more>>
Kailah Delpit
Hi, my name is Kailah Delpit. I run a small business called Perfk9. It was first made in 2019 as a teenager with a passion for animals but specifically dogs. I love helping people and I love seeing the results of a trained dog. Read more>>
Jessica Sanchez
Kairos Coffee Catering started with our wedding in Chicago. We are both coffee drinkers, so naturally we wanted coffee to be featured on our big day. We hired a small coffee vendor to serve lattes at our wedding and our guests could not keep quiet about it. Read more>>
DESIREE SEGURA
I started really singing when I was about 5 years old. Music has always been my passion and my one true love. Speaking in melody is a language everyone and everything can understand. I had a pretty difficult life growing up and I recently lost my husband. Singing, writing, composing… They’re the only things that have gotten me through it all. Read more>>
Luz Gonzalez
My journey with fitness started when I was 19, and now at 32, movement and wellness continue to be such an important part of my life. Fitness has always been more than just a workout for me, it’s something that keeps me grounded, challenges me, and helps me feel like the best version of myself. Read more>>
Heather Aelvoet
My name is Heather Aelvoet and I am the owner and creator of The Light Healing House. It all began in 2016 I found myself 100lbs heavier. Crying in the shower every morning, crying in the car and silently crying myself to sleep every night. What I ate in private…I wore in public. Read more>>
Christine Chapa
I’ve been doing Lagree for about 10 years, and over that time it became a really big part of my life. I originally got hooked because I could see such a noticeable difference in my distance running. I eventually became Lagree certified and knew that one day I wanted to create a studio of my own. Read more>>
Chris DeAnda
I was born into a music family. It started with my uncles and his two sons. They had a Spanish Christian/Gospel band back in the 90’s and early 2000’s, touring throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. Essentially, getting to watch them play shows, is what got me to fall in love with music. Read more>>
Paul Cavazos
House of Cards and Collectibles started as a small sports card and comic shop between two friends in 2014 who were semi-retired and time on their hands. Having been competitors in the industry in the early 90’s to mid 90’s we were both familiar with the ins and outs of the business. So why not do something fun in our spare time. Read more>>
Samuel Jackson
Snoop300 (@snoop300_) is an independent underground hip-hop artist and rapper based out of the East Side of San Antonio, Texas.MissionHustle and Survival: His music focuses on real-life street experiences, overcoming hardships, and providing for himself (‘all I had to do in these streets… no time for playing games… Read more>>
Sabrina Oostburg
Sabrina Oostburg’s journey started with a simple decision to try something new. After moving to Tennessee from San Diego, she joined her high school track team hoping to make friends. A coach encouraged her to try throwing, and what started as an unexpected introduction to shot put eventually became a Division I athletic career. Read more>>
Judi Delgado Hooks
I was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, and moved to San Antonio in 1993. San Antonio became the place where I built my career, raised my three daughters—Sofia, Alexa and Nadia—and, many years later, launched my own business. My journey has been shaped by hard work, relationships, adaptability and a willingness to keep learning. Read more>>
Wendy Bolerjack
I love beads! My friend had received beads that belonged to her mother. She asked me to design a necklace for her with those beads. That’s where it all began, Your Queen Bead was born! I started designing jewelry and then it turned into jewelry for your silverware. Read more>>
Victoria Taylor
My love for making spaces beautiful has deep roots. I grew up rearranging my bedroom and learning upholstery, flower arranging, and home-keeping from my Grandma Hooks. As a young wife and mother of three, those skills became my creative outlet on a tight budget. Read more>>
William Handmaker
Like many people, I grew up in a house that emphasized the importance of education as a way to move forward in life, but also as an end in itself. I was always teaching, whether it was in religious school or as a coach during middle and high school. Read more>>
Bridget Willard
My career has never followed a straight line, and I think that’s ultimately what made me a better marketer. I started working when I was 14 and spent much of my early career in industries like commercial trucking, roofing, and construction. I worked in accounting, collections, customer service, and office management—jobs that taught me how businesses actually operate and, more importantly, how people make decisions. Read more>>
Heather Van De Walle
I started my career working at a high-end salon in San Antonio, and pretty quickly realized I wasn’t built to work like a robot—client in, client out, with no real connection. I wanted to know the women sitting in my chair and build genuine relationships with them. So I took a leap and started my own business as a Makeup Artist and Esthetician. Read more>>
Amaris Garcia
I started with Glamaris Cakes back in October of 2020. I was a newly vegan, 19 years old, and entering the world of cake-decorating + baking. I’ve always had a passion for art, so translating that into my baking was a must for me. I self-taught myself how to bake, decorate, frost, tier, and create edible works of art! Read more>>
Lawrence Clayton
We got started in 2016 and I had an idea for a local board brand however I didn’t have any money a friend of mine let me borrow $350 to place my first order and from there it just kind of kept snowballing until we were able to order more and more and more sometime in between when I own this skate shop. Read more>>
