It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day, but it’s important to stop and ask: what’s the end goal? Knowing where you are trying to go is step one in getting there and so we’ve asked some folks we admire to tell us their end goal and where they want to be by the end of their careers.

Millie McCleary

The entirety of my thought was how can I make money while raising my kids and doing something I love? After leaving my career as an elementary educator, I needed (and wanted) to do something extra to support my family. We went from a two income household to one income, owning a cattle ranch, and a new baby- all at once. Did I mention we were in one of the worst droughts the desert had seen? I needed to find a way to bring the ranch, my family, and an income together. Read more>>

Heather Irwin

I want to have more than just a title for my career. I want my career to be an experience of many titles that create who I am. For example not just a photographer but a writer, a teacher, an artist…an entrepreneur ideally that is what it is called that I want to achieve but you really don’t know what that will look like when you begin your journey. Read more>>

Fernanda Alvarez

I was born and raised in Mexico City and ever since I was a kid, I was different from the rest. i was always wearing fun clothes and colorful shoes and that kept on going until I became an adult and ¨had to¨ dress accordingly for my PR job.
I’ve always been a risk taker when it comes to dressing, but in my persona and all other aspects, I tend to be very conservative. Read more>>

Nikita Rubi

I grew up in poverty…and it wasn’t easy. I lived in a household with too many people where privacy was non-existent, stability was a luxury we couldn’t afford, and feeling safe was a rare occurrence. On many occassions, we had to get food from food banks in order to eat. Those were the cards I was dealt. Read more>>

Dane Jevtic

I grew up in small town Indiana, where there wasn’t a whole lot to do as kids. At the same time that pushed my friends and I to be a little more creative. From a pretty young age we began making little “short films” for fun. It was always fun to look back at those movies and laugh at how horrifically terrible they were! And I believe that’s where my desire to create came from. The only difference is, now that I’m older, I can actually invest in myself and pursue the things I’m really passionate about. For me, that passion is Photography. Read more>>

Jeremy Grace

I grew up in Grants Pass, Oregon surrounded by nature and animals. I am the youngest of 3, but separated by 10 years from my siblings. My parents divorced when I was very young and my brother and sister lived in Alaska most of the time with my father. There weren’t any other kids in our neighborhood vicinity so I would entertain myself by playing with the chickens and sheep and exploring around the farm. Read more>>