Dusten Hendrickson was born in Silver Springs Maryland. He moved with his family to South Dakota when he was five. He enjoyed growing up there because of the safety of the community. He was into skateboarding and snowboarding during high school. He had an opportunity to become a partner in a roofing company with a friend […]

Desiree Doubrox was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She wanted to study in the sun so she went to college in Miami. She later transferred to University of Southern California and earned her degree in Business Administration. Desiree learned early on about entrepreneurship from her mother who had her own business. She started her […]

Spencer Hilligoss was born and raised in Redwood City, California. He loved to be around people who liked to play punk rock as a kid. He decided to play bass guitar when his friend told him he bought a bass guitar and gave it to him. His friend said “hey you want to play in […]

Andrew Kim was born and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His parents were Korean immigrants that emigrated to Canada post war in the early 70’s. More about Andrew: “During my childhood, I was raised in a low-income immigrant family, where the notion of real estate being a secure investment was deeply ingrained in me. Before […]

Mary Beth O’Connor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in North Jersey. She suffered severe child abuse growing up. She started drinking and smoking marijuana at age 12. At 16, she found her way to methamphetamine which was a drug that worked best for her to abuse. Mary Beth attended and graduated high school and […]

ChristyLoiacono was born and raised on a farm in the Charlotte area of North Carolina. She loved animals and growing up she made it a habit of bringing animals home to take care of and keep. She grew up wanting to be a veterinarian and had an opportunity to intern with a local vet. When they had to terminate […]

Darin Selnick was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He joined the Air Force and after he retired he worked for the VA. He actually worked in the White House during the Trump Administration helping to write legislation that helps the VA serve veterans better.  More about Darin: “Darin Selnick is a senior advisor to […]

Steph Karlstad was born and raised for the most part in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In eighth grade, she moved with her mom to Eleva, Wisconsin where she finished her primary schooling graduating from high school.  She enjoyed the community and she enjoyed being around the people where she lived. She loves history and hearing stories about […]

Zach Lemaster was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He loved being outdoors and hunting with his dad which he stills enjoys to this day. He graduated high school in Cheyenne. His parents were the most influential people in his life growing up. He earned his undergraduate degree at University Of Wyoming. He then attended and graduated […]

Neal DiPentino was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Springfield, Missouri. His mom remarried and he spent the rest of his childhood moving all over the country. He loved the variety and how he learned to acclimate wherever he lived. He loved making friends everywhere they lived. To this day, he gets ancy when […]

Brett Bowman was born in Murray, Utah and grew up in Bluffdale, Utah near Salt Lake City, Utah. He really enjoyed being a child in a large family and he felt loved growing up. He loved growing up in a really small town where everyone knew everyone. He felt like he was raised by a […]

Joe Rare was born in  Antioch, California. He grew up in Rio Vista, California and he finished high school in Roseville. He attended University of California, Santa Barbara. He really enjoyed the small town community fell growing up. He was able to play outside and do a lot of outdoor activities growing up. His basketball coach was […]

Robyn Carlson was born in San Diego, California. She is a fourth generation native San Diegan. At three years old, her family moved to Riverside, California where she grew up. She loved how involved her family was in the community and she could go just about anywhere without having to ask permission growing up. Her parents […]

Ivan Gekht was born and raised in Siberia, Russia. He was born just before the Soviet Union broke up. He loved growing up to be resilient as a child. He enjoyed playing outside and all the seasons in Siberia. The days were very long and the daylight would shine until 2 am in the summer. […]

Chris Groshong was born and raised in the East Bay Area of Northern California. He watched the internet blossom around him in that area was near Silicon Valley. He loved the diversity of his community growing up. He was a minority where he grew up. He graduated from high school, attended the local community college […]

Jackson White was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He was born with developmental issues and when he turned 4 his parents purchased him a year long pass to his sister’s karate dojo. With that year his issues were all cured! He is now a black belt and is competing in Karate internationally! More about Jackson: […]

Fidencio Reyna was born in Alice, Texas and his family moved to El Paso when he was eleven years old. He enjoyed playing outside and he loved the small town feel of his area. He attended High School in El Paso. He loved playing football growing up. He decided to join the United States Marine Corps […]

Megan Johnson McCullough was born and raised in Oceanside, California. She enjoyed playing outside, the beach and various sports. She especially enjoyed playing basketball growing up. Her father was a legendary basketball coach and she enjoyed working with him to constantly improve. She grew up to attend college, graduate and earn her teaching credential. She became a teacher […]

Regina Stone was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was raised by a single mom who had five kids. She enjoyed spending her childhood playing outside with her friends. She had a friend growing up whose father was a role model for her. He was a drug dealer and she wanted to be like […]

Jeremy Goodricj was born and raised in San Diego, California. He enjoyed playing outside and at the beach. He enjoyed surfing and boogie boarding in the ocean. During middle school, his parents decided to start a church and they moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. He enjoyed growing up there because he was the cool kid from […]

Megan Balizer was born in Amarillo, Texas and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Farm and mountain were her influences growing up, She enjoyed spending a lot of her childhood outside and adventuring over most of the United States before kindergarten. She ended up attending and graduating from University of Texas at Austin. She studied […]

Ernest Wood was born and raised in Barstow California. His mom gave birth to him at the age of fourteen as a planned pregnancy. He and his mom basically grew up together. He enjoyed playing sports growing up. He loved math in high school. Pretty much anything having to do with numbers he was interested in. Basketball […]

Scott Mann was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia. His dad was a U.S. Forester and Wildland Firefighter, so they moved a lot in his early years. He calls himself a “child of the Appalachians”. He loved being outdoors and playing in the woods for hours at a time. When he was 14, he met an active duty green […]

Susan Arias was born in Sacramento California and moved to Oceanside when she was four years old. She enjoyed growing up in Oceanside spending time at the beach. Her parents instilled a sense of service in her at an early age. She attended Vista High School. She enjoyed the team atmosphere that sports afforded her. After graduating from Vista High she attended and […]