The heart of our mission at VoyageMIA is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our city. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some of the South Florida’s finest artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with our city’s incredibly deep talent pool. Check out inspiring stories from South Broward below.
Romaine Brown Palmer
After 15 years in Operations and Administration, I hit a wall and I had to make a decision. I could continue to help others build their dream, which I loved doing, or I could build my own. I knew I wanted to utilize my skills, but I also wanted more flexibility and more time for myself and my family. Read more>>
Angeline Fontaine
I am a performer. I sing, dance, act, and model. Starting at four dance, it gave me a feeling of happiness, a place where I felt free to just dance around and have fun. But growing up, I’ve always been around music. My parents are originally from Haiti and then, migrated to New York. Read more>>
Ana Diaz
I was born in Venezuela, since I was a kid, my most important tool it’s my imagination, it makes me create powerful and symbolic art, I grew up on theater surrounded by musicians, opera singers, dancers, always learning and watching, like absorbing everything, accumulating as much information as I can, then, years later. Read more>>
Josephine Lentner
My mom is an agent with the company but I started out as an assistant to my manager Simone. While working for her, she saw that I had the potential to one day do what she does, so she hired me to join her team. Read more>>
Lauryn Lawrence
The story begins probably at around age 12 or 13 my mom used to take me to museums and small contemporary galleries a lot around Miami, FL. I guess you can say it birthed my admiration for art and the energy that is captivated in art spaces. Read more>>
Joselin Chiu
I began as a front desk receptionist, sharing daily rate sheets, inputting new loan applications into our processing queue; and quickly moved into the junior processor role, learning the order and importance of all the documentation needed by an underwriter to fully review and underwrite a loan application. Read more>>
Azia Harry
The thought came from when I wanted to learn to make treats for my son’s birthday party. So, one of my coworkers gave me the opportunity to make treats for an office celebration. The treats were a hit! I’ve built my clients from word of mouth or family and friends. I currently started to bake. Read more>>
Stephanie Bettio
I created The Digital Clarity Initiative because I struggled with feeling fulfilled in regular, everyday jobs. For as long as I can remember, my dream was to build an empire and travel the world. As ridiculous as it may sound to some, it’s true. While my friends were playing house and dreaming of the guy they’d eventually marry and have they are happily ever after. Read more>>
Kayla Lawson
As a sophomore journalism student at Florida A&M University, I founded Planned Parenthood Generation Action on our campus after meeting with Planned Parenthood’s Tallahassee organizer. We informed our campus of Amendment four and had various workshops around consent. Read more>>
