Interviews

Currently residing in Salt Lake City, Tori supports the local and global dance industry as a Marketing Director for Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Additionally, she is a freelance photographer who is slowly moving much of her work into the outdoor industry to fuel her need of being outdoors and active with landscape as much as possible.

Originally hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Maggie Stoll, founder of Burke Mercantile, began her journey 10 years ago when she packed up her Toyota Corolla and headed west two weeks after graduating college. Like most people, she instantly fell in love with Southern California and began to create a home for herself in Long Beach.

Hillary Conheady is a fashion and lifestyle blogger based in Charleston, South Carolina. A recent graduate of the University of Alabama, she received her degree in Clothing, Textiles, and Design with dreams of creating a career in the fashion community.

California native Safiya Bouhouch is a multi-passionate creative who is now dipping her toes in the entrepreneurial world through I Am Well, a space and platform she's created for females to connect and share their experiences via mindfulness and holistic approaches.

Poland born and raised photographer, Magdalena Wosinska moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 9 where she grew up skateboarding, picked up a camera for the first time at 14 and started playing in a metal band at 19.

Sanni works as a part-time life & transition coach and is a co-founder of the annual festival, Outwild.

Em Jiang grew up in Reno, Nevada with aspirations of moving as far away as possible only to realize how much she would miss everything once it was gone.

Bess Byers, also known as Cannabess is a Seattle-based cannabis photographer and founder of Blaise Creative.

Over the last few years, Monica Lo has shot and styled Sous Vide At Home, an award-winning cookbook, built a name for herself as a cannabis chef and launched Sousweed, and subsequently been featured in a handful of publications around the country.

California-native, Julia Stotz left Chicago for the first eight years of her adulthood and all the while, she continued to be puzzled at why people wanted to live in Los Angeles. It wasn't until she returned to her roots after midwest living, that she finally understood all the city had to offer.

Isadora Alvarez is the founder and creative mind behind clothing line, BackBeatRags.

Rosey Alvero, food & travel show host, creator and producer, is constantly trekking around the globe, diving deep into the culture of other cities and learning about the cuisine.

Kelsey Fugere is an artist with a BFA in Photography and Art History from Loyola Marymount University. She has a background in the beauty industry, and her work challenges traditional beauty standards with unconventional use of color, texture, and shape.

Zarna Surti, founder and editor in Chief of Tonal Journal, has been in the editorial field for over a decade, back before blogs were the cool thing to do as she says.

Launched in October 2017, Par en Par founder, Laura Choi elevated resort wear in the fashion world with her sustainable fabrics and modern designs that are perfect for on the go traveling.

Branding guru, Julia Beardwood grew up in a small town with parents from humble beginnings – which she believes is important because a lot of people feel intimidated by success and feel it’s not open to them.

Self-taught multimedia and visual artist, Cameron Tyme Edison resides in Los Angeles with their partner Wilton James and cat/son named Brock and has been making it weird since '96.

Ann Shen has been dreaming up stories since childhood and has worked with a handful of publications and brands. Her first book, Bad Girls Throughout History hit the shelves September 2016 and there's another on the way.

Cailey Elle made the initial leap into silversmithing back in 2013 when she uprooted her New York lifestyle to study her craft in Nevada. Over the last five years, she's continued to hone in on jewelry and has launched Sage & Brass Adornments and opened up Sage & Brass Shop in Portland, Oregon.

Myah is the founder and editor-in-chief of Holli Baker, as well as screenwriter & lifestyle blogger based in Los Angeles, CA.