The heart of our mission at VoyageLA is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our city. In the recent weeks we’ve had the privilege to connect with some of Mid-Wilshire’s (and K-Town, WeHo, Mid-City) finest artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with our city’s incredibly deep talent pool. Check out Mid-Wilshire’s rising stars below.
Alecia Beckford-stewart
My desire to enter the manual medicine profession stems from the kindness and joy I received from sports medicine doctors and chiropractors who have helped me during times of injury and recovery. With their assistance, knowledge, and motivation I was able to return to my sporting endeavors and have a magnitude of success time and time again. It’s been extremely fulfilling to be able to pay that kindness forward while utilizing my passions and knowledge during every appointment with my patients. Read More>>
Evan Kilgore
All the while, I continued writing. While I was still a student at U.S.C., I began blind-submitting my first novel to publishers and agents around the country, and was thrilled to have it accepted for publication during my senior year. Bleak House books published both my debut and my second novel the year after I graduated, and three more novels would follow. Teaming up with a writing partner, I also broke into the screenwriting business in 2015 with a spec that lit up the market, followed by another in 2017, and a string of film and television deals that have kept myself and my writing partner busy ever since. Read More>>
Nemanja Zdravkovic
One of the biggest challenges was the lack of immediate feedback during the journey. It required a lot of patience and persistence, as progress often felt slow and uncertain. In many ways, the entire process has been about solving problems—constantly facing obstacles, finding solutions, and learning from every experience. That’s how I would describe this journey: a continuous cycle of challenges, growth, and determination. Read More>>
Sylvain Latendresse
I come from a small town close to Quebec City called Levis. I felt that as an artist, I needed to go to a bigger city. Montreal was waiting for me. Over the years, Montreal became my home where I met and collaborated with many other artists. During that time, I became part of a rich and thriving community. I was alternately an artist, a writer, and a curator. I later became president of the art collective, Action Art Actuel and organized exhibitions and even an artist’s exchange program with Mexico, which was very successful. Read More>>
Maeve Kelley
Over the past few years, I’ve gotten into recording studios for the first time and have released my first small handful of singles, experimenting with and working to develop my sound. Finally, I feel like I’m in a place where I have a clear vision for the colorfully ethereal universe in which my music lives and now it’s my vocation to bring it to life. This year, I played my first few concerts in Los Angeles including a debut headline show at the Hotel Cafe. I’m really looking forward to planning more concerts for 2025! Read More>>
Austen Renzi
I moved home to Western NY after graduating University and those years felt difficult to photograph at times because even though I was still inspired and doing my best to create, it felt different. It happens where I will get caught up in monotonous every day and life’s problems get in the way, that I’ll be looking at everything pass by or times where I am attempting capturing passing by moments and grabbing my camera isn’t fast enough or because it’s a city of driving it’s almost always passing through scenes in a car window. Read More>>
Marguerite & Skylar Tucker
It’s about finding your people and deciding who you want to serve and why. I think once we settled on our commitment to be service oriented to black pregnant women, particularly those that don’t have as many resources, everything else fell into place in terms of setting up Lyrehc Doula Therapy. We just had to find what our North Star was and let the ancestors guide us through the rest. Read More>>
Yi-hsuan Liu
I grew up in a family of movie lovers. It never occurred to me that I would be interested in becoming a film composer. I studied hard for over a decade to be a violist following the Asian education system to reach the highest level of my profession. Pursuing perfection is what I learned from being a performer, it helped me to bear and deal with stress. However, what classical music also brought to me is how I learned to interpret music. It guided me to have a more sensitive taste of music and speak my own voice through performing. Read More>>
Alexia Kestellic
When I felt ready to take the next step, I moved to Los Angeles in 2023 to establish my own brand, Alexia Beauty Makeup,the agency experienced rapid growth, thanks to our focus on a french, elegant approach to makeup. From glam to natural and healthy looks, we emphasize versatility while staying ahead of the latest trends and styles in the industry. Today, ABM is thriving in both Los Angeles and New York with a talented team of makeup artists and hairstylists who I’ve personally trained in my techniques. Read More>>
Aaron Castillo-white
I decided to study in Israel for my master’s degree and to use that opportunity to better understand the conflict by talking with as many people and organizations as I could, reinforcing my belief that people want peace but not all organizations do. While living abroad I visited and did work in Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Palestine, and Syria, exposing myself to many peoples and their respective cultures, beliefs, and customs. And, in many places – their conflicts. Read More>>
