Antoinette Balta
As a first generation American, education was always a goal. I wanted to go to college and law school and pay forward all my blessings in life. Fortunately, I was able to be the first woman in my entire extended family to receive a degree, and the first person in my family to get an advanced degree. Read more>>
Joshua Spieker
I began my passion for the art of painting at an early age. I grew up in a family of nine brothers and sisters. The impact of having all their support and encouragement fueled my drive to pursue this calling. I started painting my first year of high-school where my love for mixing colors gave birth. Read more>>
Altonio Cannon
Maseed Productions, pronounced (Ma-seed) is full service music production and recording studio located in the Inland Empire by way of Lake Elsinore California. Maseed was established in 1994 and quickly gained notoriety as being one of Orange’s first music production labels that specialized in underground and east coast style hip-hop. Read more>>
Rebecca Fritz, David Fritz
After coming to the US from Hong Kong and becoming a first-time mom, Rebecca met another first time mom, Yuko who recently immigrated to the US from Japan, through a local mom’s group. Rebecca loved Yuko’s home baked goods, and later learned that her dream was to have her own home baking business. Read more>>
Gina Murphy
I will be the first person to admit that my business is unconventional, which is perhaps why I feel the need to write this. It is not every person’s dream to work with loss and grief on a regular basis, hence why it is reserved for those of us who feel the strength to confront it as often as we do. Read more>>
Brian L. Tan
Location, location, location – It’s one of the most important things in life, arguably even more so when it comes to filmmaking. A location is a character in and of itself, yet is one of the hardest things to find when shooting a movie. Read more>>
Andrew Nguyen
Music has inspired, comforted, and has been the only thing that made sense in my life. My journey begins with my fascination with music at a very young age. I came to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam when I was 3 years old. My parents had approximately $20 when we came to this country. Read more>>
Ida I Mat Aris
I was introduced to Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at a tender age of 14. At that time, I suffered from extreme menstrual pain with headaches. If my parents were to send me through the Western medicine route, my body would have been pumped with birth control pills. Read more>>
Ali Posner, Ethan Posner
Ethan: “I’m Ethan and I’m 10 years old. When I was 7, I was diagnosed with Leukemia at CHOC Children’s Hospital. I noticed that at the hospital there were hardly any books and you never saw patients reading or being read to. I am a very big reading enthusiast and I thought it was crazy that they had so much great stuff like art and tons of technology but no books. Read more>>
Mike Norkin
I have always been an entrepreneur at heart, When I was a young teenager, I found ways to take photos and videos and sell them. As I matured and got into high school, I was hired by my school to provide photography services for teams and programs on campus. Read more>>
Bill Bracken
Literally no idea, about the impact that my decision to create and start Bracken’s Kitchen would have on so many people. I guess there is a lot of people walking through life wondering if there isn’t something more. Something more meaningful, something more heart felt or just something more that they should be doing. Read more>>
Aubrey Antis
As a native to Southern California, I grew up watching the real estate industry explode and seeing new cities develop. I knew with real estate booming that I wanted to get involved. Following my love of photography, I now have a growing team to service the Southern California area in Orange County, Los Angeles and Inland Empire. Read more>>
Jamie Kough
I started in this business at age 14 in my mother’s art studio/school. All growing up I was inspired by the creativity around me and encouraged to use my voice, my heart and my hands to tell the world who I was and what I was thinking. The school system however sent contradictory messages. Read more>>
Cindy Shaw
I have a passion to provide a Physical Therapy experience that allows really experienced therapists to offer the best care they can and patients to find the care they need. I found that in many medical environments, therapists, including myself were encumbered by guidelines that did not nurture excellence and a well rounded treatment approach. Read more>>
