Ashley Creason This week's profile features an interview with Ashley Creason, who spent most of her life in Wisconsin before heading to Western North Carolina in 2007 and is soon moving to Vancouver, Washington. I met Ashley in the spring of 2016 through the RESULTS network. We were both on these weekly group leader calls and all [...]
This week’s profile features an interview with Lacey Althouse. Lacey and I connected via LinkedIn last May when she was thinking about relocating from Brooklyn, NY to Raleigh, NC. We met a few weeks later when she and her partner came to NC to make some connections. We had lunch downtown and I thought they were [...]
This week's profile features an interview with Katie Breen. She made her way down to the City of Raleigh, in North Carolina, shortly after finishing her studies in Theology and Media Production at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania. Upon arriving, she immediately felt at home and has really gotten involved in many ways. Katie Breen [...]
This week’s profile features an interview with Kelley McClure. She grew up in Asheville, NC and went to NC State University before working and saving to move to New York City in early spring 2012. I remember hearing about her doing this. My younger introverted cousin had spread her wings and I was so impressed. We [...]
This week's profile features an interview with Cynthia "Cindy" Changyit Levin, who has moved about from Chicago to St. Louis, where she lives now. I met Cindy briefly last June of 2016 at the annual RESULTS conference in Washington, D.C. I'd heard of the great work she does to fight poverty with various NGO's, but never actually met her. On [...]
This week's profile features an interview with Sarah Black. I met Sarah towards the end of December through 20-30 Something Raleigh Chicks, a meetup group I've been organizing for over 6 years now. We met up to take a walk around a local park and have since gone on other walks and hikes together. I love her passion for [...]
This week's profile features an interview with Stephanie Schuttler. I met Stephanie nearly two years ago through 20-30 Something Raleigh Chicks, a meetup group I've been organizing for over 6 years now. Another member had hosted a gathering to come to a fashion show I was walking in. We all connected at a nearby bar in downtown Raleigh and [...]
This week's profile features an interview with Kristy Martino, who is located in Maine. I met Kristy in late 2015 through RESULTS. I was trying to be difficult and prove that we could have a joint U.S. and global poverty advocacy group in NC. (I did.) Kristy was a spitfire full of compassion and a keen sense of [...]
On Sunday, January 22, 2017, my Grandfather died just 6 days shy of his 97th birthday. He died in the presence of family, but I wasn't there on that Sunday. I wasn't there that weekend either although I knew it may be his last. I had gone to Washington, D.C. to join in and March for [...]
Lauryn Colatuno This week's profile features an interview with Lauryn Colatuno, who is located in Raleigh, NC. I met Lauryn in July 2013 through the Yelp Triangle Elite Community. She had become the new Community Manager, and as an Elite Reviewer, I was eager to meet her. Lauryn was loaded with tons of personality, excitement for [...]
