Melissa Haloossim
I earned my Masters in Nursing/Nurse Practitioner from UCLA and started my nursing career working at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Read More>>
Sierra English
My career as a hairstylist has evolved over a 15 year time span. I moved to Los Angeles at 19 years old to attend Vidal Sassoon Academy. I spent countless hours of whipping up early morning cappuccinos at Starbucks in order to support myself through school. Read More>>
Kierstin Gipson
Nails & beauty has always been a passion of mine. I would change my nail color everyday in grade school to match my outfits. All my girlfriends at school would line up after school on the bleachers to get their nails painted by me. Read More>>
Haylee Harrison
Originally my sister and I started off as clients ourselves in the Ventura County area. The lash tech we were going to was offering trainings so we took the course right away. Read More>>
Coleen Janeway
As the Founder of Epithereal, Coleen Janeway is a beauty and skincare enthusiast, a veteran in the industry. After years of working behind-the-scenes in the beauty business, Janeway decided to combine her experience and passion for anti-aging and integrated beauty into one luxurious boutique destination. Read More>>
Marina Haywood
Sechoir+ was founded by Nava Nabavi. Nava combined a full service salon & the “blowout” bar concept, with the goal being, to provide clients with all of their hair and makeup needs in one place. We strive to make sechoir+ an enjoyable place for clients with complimentary snacks,beverages, and a personable experience. Read More>>
Tina Reynolds
I started my journey in hair removal as a client in the early 90s. I was fascinated by it and may have always been a little OCD with regard to cleanliness and organization and hair. Read More>>
Christine Lieu
I am a hairdresser of 9 years, and have grown up in the beauty business. My mother owned 3 nail salons as I was growing up, so I became very familiar with what it was like to run a small business like that. Read More>>
Gregory Dylan
After 20 years in skincare and beauty, I decided to “break up” with the corporate world and venture out on my own. In returning to my roots and passion for effective skin treatments, I decided I would focus on advanced and results based skin treatments and not “fluff” which is typical in many traditional spa settings. Read More>>
Germana Torres
I have been waxing since before I moved to Los Angeles, in Brazil. Starting at a really young age. After moving I wanted to keep working with what I love but couldn’t find the right wax to use here. Read More>>
Sonig Guerboian
After I received my degree in cosmetology, I began my work as an assistant in a hair salon in Beverly Hills. After gaining great experience in working in multiple salons as a young assistant and behind chairs as a hair stylist. Read More>>
Kelly Mattson
Founded in 2010, Kelly Lash is a full service eyelash extension company specializing in the art of individual lashes. Kelly Lash clients are among Los Angeles elite, servicing women of all ages and ethnicities, from Malibu to Bel Air and beyond. Read More>>
Lenny Rosenberg
Lenny Rosenberg was born and raised in Plainview, Long Island. Since the tender age of seven, he was immersed in the family business of bakeries, deli’s, pizzeria’s, catering & restaurants from the East to the West Coast. Read More>>
Ebru Fidan Caplan
I have been in the food business since 1995. I studied hotel management. It was my dream to open my own restaurant. I opened my first restaurant in November 2010 in Santa Monica. And second one January 2016 in Beverly Hills. Read More>>
Steve Farzam
I grew up in Southern California and completed my undergraduate work in Santa Barbara. In my 20’s I mainly focused on a career in public service particularly in emergency medicine, I worked as a paramedic on a helicopter where I learned the art of delegation in stressful situations and hectic environments. Read More>>
Susan Lieberman
My late partner, Parke Meek, and I opened jAdis in July 1976.At that time, it was an antique store (and an excuse to house our growing collections).During the 1980’s we developed a line of replica Art Deco furniture. Read More>>
Jay Lee
I joined Venice Family Clinic as Chief Medical Officer in October 2016. Prior to this, I worked in Long Beach for nearly a dozen years as a primary care physician, faculty member at a residency program, and medical director of practice transformation. Read More>>
Mayly Tao
My story starts out as a little girl who not only wanted to make her parents proud, but to set LA on fire with my creative ideas and obsession with food. I started out learning all the tricks to the trade growing up in my family’s bakery. Read More>>
Perry Cheung
I was born and raised from Brooklyn, New york and relocated to San Francisco California in 2004 to pursue a culinary education and career. After graduating culinary school I made my way into the Slanted Door in San Francisco and worked my way in that institution to Executive Sous Chef. Read More>>
Jessica Kearney
At the age of 19, excited to start making a difference, I began backpacking across the country and participating in environmental activism. After years of bushwhacking with machetes, hitch hiking across the country, and living 200 feet up in old growth redwoods, we received the news of Pacific Lumber’s eminent bankruptcy. Read More>>
Barry & Diana Hornig
In 1974 Topanga Rug Company owner Barry Hornig was given permission to open a weaving factory and school in the ancient city of Balkh, 18 miles from the Russian border. He designed cotton dhuries that he sold to Stark Carpet and Patterson Flynn & Martin in New York City. Read More>>
Rob Nokes
At the age of five started as a “gofor” in the Jockey’s Room at Assiniboia Downs, a horse racetrack in Winnipeg, and by the age of seventeen was the video departments pan cameraman. Read More>>
Kathryn Alice
I directed a local Los Angeles Crisis Support Team for 6 years. During that time, we noticed the most people coming in suicidal around love issues — dealing with a divorce, cheating, loneliness or other relationship woes. Read More>>
Karen Rosenberg
I am a graphic designer with a passion for typography and paper. I have worked in custom invitations for many years, specializing in wedding invitation designs. I worked for William Ernest Brown for many years when the previous owners decided to retire and close the shop. Read More>>
Alex Hertzberg
I consider myself as an extremely lucky person. I do what I love most, what I always wanted to do, what I’m so good at – I’m a Hypnotist. I was born in Soviet Union (Russia) in the family with two professions – Hypnosis and music, which I naturally absorbed. Read More>>
Leora Soleymani
The owner, Leora, has a Hospitality, Events and Convention Planning certificate along with a Masters in Tourism and Hospitality. Early on, she spent a lot of time learning and growing under other wedding planners. Read More>>
Laurie Parres
From age twelve I wanted work in TV. At the time, universities didn’t really have TV programs, so I majored in telecommunication at Michigan State because it had the word “tele” in it. Read More>>
Isabel Brazon
15 years ago I came to Los Angeles filled with dreams and aspirations. After studying Social Communications and working in the children entertaining industry since age 16, I decided to create Baila Baila while studying Graphic Design in Santa Monica College. Read More>>
Sam House
What started as a hobby became my profession. I began as a professional DJ in Los Angeles in 1998 and have been able to perform all over Southern California. My years of experience as a DJ in Los Angeles has given me the ability to “read the crowd” and beat-mix various genres of music. Read More>>
Alexandria Rose
Owner and founder Alexandria began playing the piano when she was just two and a half years old. She then began teaching at age fourteen. Teaching throughout college taught her the importance of having a flexible college job in something she loves to do. Read More>>
Shahnaz Youabian
Originally my wish was to spend additional quality time with my granddaughter, and at 3 years old, she was obsessed with face painting. At most events, she would run directly to the face painter and ask for a big butterfly. Read More>>
Matthew Nelson
Tim Hilliard and I started out as musicians and both gravitated toward engineering and production in our twenties. We moved to LA separately in 2007, myself from Chicago and Tim from Raleigh, and got started working as independent producers/engineers. Read More>>
Mike Jacobson
When I was 9, I went to a summer camp that had a magician perform. He was amazing! Actually, I’m pretty sure he sucked, but I thought he was amazing. At the end of his show, he showed us all how to do one trick: how to take a piece of string and pull it through your neck. Read More>>
Michelle Sallah
I worked as a cook and sous chef in restaurants for about 8 years in new york, lake tahoe, and los angeles. then i decided i wanted to work for myself – but the restaurant business is too expensive, complicated, and saturated. so i started offering my services as a private chef here in los angeles. Read More>>
Michael Haber
Dial has been coaching tennis for 30 years, and he founded Dial Jones Tennis Academy in Santa Monica 20 years ago. I took lessons with him for 11 years from ages 8-19, and he was one of my most important mentors growing up. Along with the general tennis knowledge you would expect from regular lessons, Dial taught me theories of movement that translated into a number of my other athletic pastimes such as running, swimming, and ballroom dance. Read More>>
Mark White
The start has several evolutions, all as important as another. Growing up in New Zealand and being around and in the water most of my life; Tangaroa being the god of my oceans/seas in the Maori culture of which I am (Native New Zealander) My dad saying to me as a boy while we were out picking mussels off the rocks in Pukerua Bay back home in New Zealand “Boy don’t ever turn you back on Tangaroa,” being invited to a bbq in Marina Del Rey in the middle of summer 5 years ago and taking 2 1/2 hours to do a round trip from the Marina to Santa Monica seafood’s in Santa Monica (it’s only 3.25 miles!!) for a piece of fish. Read More>>
Vivian Eisenstadt
Vivian Eisenstadt, MAPT, CPT, MASP is known by most in Los Angeles as “The Brooklyn Healer” and “therapist to the stars”. She appears on local and national television as a postural specialist and alternative meets mainstream physical therapist/healer. Her clients range from the elite celebrities to the working mom’s of the world to the computer sit-too-long epidemic patients. Read More>>
Akos Gabossy
I was the co-founder of Budapest’s premier family entertainment facilities, called KACKAC and Millipop. I was deeply involved in the entertainment industry since the age of 18, so when the original live escape games became popular in Budapest in 2014, I started to work on bringing this unique concept to America. Read More>>
Galeazzo and Sante Bentivoglio
We are two brothers who grew up in Santa Monica, surfing, and skating. As kids we would go to Islands Surf Shop, Horizons West, Rip City to get all our gear. As we got older everything started closing….going corporate. Read More>>
Carla Weier
I was in retail management for a number of years and it didn’t fulfill me. Through my own experience of incorporating healthy lifestyle, exercise, and sound nutrition I found a new career path to help others be the best they can be. Read More>>
Dr Joanne Mednick
Having been a therapist for over 20 years, I have had the opportunity to work with and study many types of issues that my clients have experienced. Over that time it became quite clear to me that many of the methods employed by the vast majority of therapist were dealing only with the symptoms and behaviors and not truly getting to the underlying issues that manifested in ways such as various addictions, eating disorders, anxiety and depression. Read More>>
Dawn Yoshioka Eberly
As long as I could remember I always wanted to be a medical doctor. This was MY dream, not one that was pushed on me by my parents. I loved the idea of helping people feel better. Fast forward to my college years at UCLA, I had an opportunity to volunteer and observe the medical staff in different departments within UCLA medical center. Read More>>
Nicole Doherty
My path began with two cataclysmic events – the World Trade Center destruction and the death of my Father-setting me on a course of deep Spiritual inquiry and self-healing. Read More>>
Kevin and Janet
I’m not a trainer, fitness expert or coach of any kind. Just like you – I am the client. Time is a precious commodity in most people’s lives and Like a lot of people today, I wear many hats and have to be very organized and prioritize how I spend every hour of my day. I’m a mother of 5, a wife, sister, daughter, and friend. Read More>>
