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.
Carolina Alay
It all started after I graduated from high school back in 1998 and decided to do my bachelor’s in Psychology. I was living in Colombia, were I am originally from. I thought Psychology was the only field in which you have to reevaluate yourself constantly and I thought I was up for the challenge. Read more>>
Alexandra Shea
My mother started the business over 30 years ago. I have been in the office since I was an infant. As I got older I was able to help out more, filing, answering phones etc. Now I’m 28 and working full time! Being a small business is never an easy task. Especially now with the internet, big companies are hard to compete with. Read more>>
Davin Rodriguez
On the short I was bit by the kitchen bug at the tender age of 15 when I was hired as a dishwasher at an old family owned Italian eatery in Central Florida. The line cooks were young, talented and played in a punk band after shifts so I was enthralled by the lifestyle. Read more>>
Dorian Cirrone
I remember loving to write poems as early as third grade, but I got sidetracked into a career as a dance teacher, then a journalist, and then a Ph.D. student in English literature. I eventually found my way back to writing when my daughter was born, and I started reading to her. Read more>>
Na Phan
I am the eldest of four children. My dad is an artist. Since I was a little girl he inspired me to want to be an artist as well. He left for Vietnam and went to Australia to sponsor and build a new home for our family. We joined him nine years later. Read more>>
Marlo Robinson
“As a small child, I recall being absolutely enthralled with the mystery of pregnancy, gestation, labor and birth. It was simply fascinating to me that it only took nine months to create a brand new life. That sense and wonder, awe and amazement has remained with me and has become a driving force by which I proudly serve the needs of the birthing family. Read more>>
Vanessa Palmer
I have always been a lover of photography but was always intimidated by the craft. The idea of stilling an image was something that always fascinated me and I was determined to perfect it. Once I had my daughter, she motivated me to lose the fear of photographing babies. Photographing babies then led me to want to photograph newborns. Read more>>
Geralda Larkins
While I’m an Author, Pastor, and Life Coach, I’m known as a “Visionary Strategist”. I plan everything. I have been a planner my whole life. All through school my planner was my lifeline. In college, I loved getting the syllabus and mapping out exactly what it was going to take to do well in a class. Read more>>
Ricky Herrera
I started acting at UCPA in Davie FL a little over two years ago. I wanted to get the most out of the school so I made it a point to get into every play the school was offering, which ended up being about six in that first year. Read more>>
Natalie Sager
My healing journey began when I was pregnant with my first son. I was determined to release myself from medication and find the root cause of my digestive discomfort. Through self-education, determination, certifications and self-practice I uncovered how to heal my family and myself, naturally. Read more>>
