Mid Wilshire 01.02.2018

Lorene Chesley

I was inspired to do the show after one of my really good girlfriends and prayer partners said she would watch me talk or host anything anytime! She really thought I had a gift of connecting with people. She told this to me at least 3 times within 6 months and finally I said “You know what I’m gonna go for it!” I put together a preliminary draft of what I loved to do in LA, and it boiled down to unique shopping experiences, amazing food, and my fervent faith. Read more>>

Michael Bernier

Born and raised in Southern California, I’ve always had a great love for the outdoors and deep respect for Nature. This passion was nurtured early in my life as I helped my mother tend her garden behind the garage of our family’s suburban Los Angeles home. Like a cosmic 2×4 to my head, this revelation hit me while developing yet another campaign to sell more carbonated high-fructose corn syrup to the masses. Read more>>

Jen Tracy

My path to establishing JENCO CREATIVE was pretty fast in the making. I went back to school as an older student, and after graduating from college I went on to spend 3 years in corporate environments. It only took three years before I decided to take a chance and become a freelance designer. Read more>>

Carlos Makali’i Sosa

As a seasoned fitness professional, passionate about surfing and a competitive hula and Tahitian dancer. I wanted to bring the surfing lifestyle and the Hawaiian philosophy into fitness to create SURFCORFE Fitness, a new workout that approaches fitness holistically and with a sense of aloha. Read more>>

Wolf Baschung

My journey to commercial real estate was a bit circuitous, the way life is sometimes. I attended NYY Graduate Film School and majored in directing and cinematography. I moved to LA, where I became a Local 600 Union Cinematographer. At the same time, I sold real estate in NYC and invested in LA. Read more>>

Lisa Scalia

Melting Pot Food Tours was a mid-life career change for me. I had spent 20 years off and on working as a residential real estate appraiser and also as a relocation consultant. That experience garnered me a wealth of knowledge about neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles county. Read more>>

Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins

The five gyres institute began when we realized in 2008 that the world was up in arms about plastic pollution in our oceans, but we knew nothing about the western Pacific, eastern Atlantic, or the entire southern hemisphere. Anna and I saw a huge data gap to fill. We also saw huge public misconceptions about islands of garbage. Read more>>

Matt Kim

I started by opening crepe and waffle dessert shop in San Diego in 2012. Unfortunately, it was not a good location, I didn’t have many customers and eventually had to close down. However, I was not finished. I learned my mistakes and I was determined to open a successful shop. In 2014 October, I moved to LA and opened Sul & Beans, Korean Dessert Cafe. Read more>>

Chef Kang

I worked as a mortgage broker for 16years. I always had the passion for cooking as a Chef but never had the confidence until my wife gave me that little push to go for it. Started 2years ago in gourmet catering and business went really well. I didn’t want to end there so I started my longtime dream of franchising a gourmet food truck 6 months ago. Read more>>

Wendy Posner

As a child, I grew up as an art brat. My mother had an internationally renowned contemporary fine art gallery in Milwaukee, WI. At the height of her business, she had 14,000 sq. ft. gallery located in a warehouse district she pioneered. As such, I was exposed to art from an early age but additionally learned about sales and client relations. Read more>>

Darryl Sollerh

Dr. Paul Cummins, lead founder of Crossroads and New Roads Schools in Santa Monica, recruited me out of college to teach High School Literature at Crossroads. My experiences there as a teacher and program administrator helped to shape my understanding and thinking about how best to serve students and families from a range of backgrounds, and ultimately led to the creation TREE Academy. Read more>>