We asked experts from a broad range of industries to open up to us about things they know about their industry but that we probably don’t and we’ve shared some of those responses below.

Elizabeth Schwartz

I always leaned into the arts. I studied acting and music seriously but after a year of waiting tables, I thought to myself ‘I’m doing everything I can to use my art’ (and I did get an agent and work), ‘but I’m not doing everything I can to use my brain’. Read More>>

Gina Sundstedt

Since I was young, I always knew I wanted to pursue a creative career. I just didn’t know what that looked like for me. For a while, I thought it might be makeup; I loved seeing my transformation when I applied a full-face of makeup. But as an introvert, I quickly realized that constant small talk and client-facing work didn’t feel natural to me. Read More>>

Greg ‘CRAOLA’ Simkins

I have always been a creative person. There hasn’t been a time in my life when I wasn’t drawing or making up stories. Even when I thought my career paths were pointing in one direction in my younger years, I was always making art. It was a means to cope with life. It was my entertainment, it was just what I did. Read More>>