Matt Corwin
In the spring of 2014 CWS launched its first water sports camp in Boca Raton. CWS was born out of Matt Corwin’s desire to share his love of the water and outdoors. Through CWS many students and adults have learned how to surf, paddleboard, and wakeboard. Over the last 4 years we have expanded to offer several weeks of water sports camp and other events including Challenge Camp which is our way of giving back to the community. Read more>>
Lauren Gamble
After having our first son, Chase, in 2016 our life quickly changed. He was born premature at 34 weeks and spent some time in the NICU. Besides the normal nervousness of being a first-time mom, I now had to care for my delicate little 5lb. baby boy. Read more>>
Jill Oscar
I have always been an artist. Oil painting is in my genes. My mother is also a fabulous artist. I also loved makeup. I was always enamoured and visually stimulated by all the colors and textures of makeup. However I had to be realistic and work “regular” job. So I went into sales and marketing. Read more>>
Melanie Jones
I started in the medical field as a teenager, getting my first after school job in a doctor’s office helping the front desk. Afterwards, I have always had a desire for the medical industry, helping people. I became a nurse and worked in hospital care learning as much as I could in almost every department possible. Read more>>
Sylvia Cordero
I am local from Boca Raton who started on this journey nearly twenty years ago. I have worked my way from a receptionist and hair assistant to owning my own business. My passion is understanding what my clients want and making them feel like the best version of themselves. Read more>>
Jason Kokotoff
I actually started my career as a photojournalist, which is what I went to school for at the University of Central Florida. I was the photo editor for the campus newspaper there. After graduating in 2001, my career consisted of mostly working for small newspapers and freelance jobs, my love was sports photography. Read more>>
Anthony Krslovic
Growing up I always enjoyed exercising and playing sports. As a junior in college I suffered my first major injury playing baseball. I had broken my ankle and torn the ligaments. It took me four months to completely heal. I enjoyed the process of physical therapy so much that I decided to change my whole fitness regimen. Read more>>
Judy Fleurimond
I always wanted to be the owner of a business. I had the mindset since high school. I also knew from my sophomore year in high school what industry I wanted to work, grow and build in — Accounting. All of my work experiences were in the financial realm: from my first job being a teller at a bank as a high school intern, to accounts receivables clerk, bookkeeper, tax preparer all the way to now where I am the Principal Accountant of Alpha Omega Wealth Services. Read more>>
Andrea Blakesberg
I first picked up a camera when I was 15 and looking for a summer class to take in high school and instantly fell in love. I’ve always been a visual person and the idea of capturing what I saw, the people I was with, and creating a visual story of it was the perfect marriage. Read more>>
Caroline DeBolt
I have two adult children, ages 29 and 23, and I am very proud of them both. The process we worked through, called parental alienation, started my search to feeling better. I tell you about this in the following paragraph because if it weren’t for what happened, I would have never set out on my journey to find out who I am and what was going on with me. Read more>>
Frank Gatto
Frank Gatto & Associates was incorporated in Miami Florida in 1980. Frank was the full time lighting director at tv station WTVJ in Miami since 1970. In 1987 Frank left WTVJ and began full time operations in Frank Gatto & Associates.. Leaving WTVJ was a tough decision but once the choice was made the company was an instant success. Read more>>
Angelique Rewers
I grew up in a blue-collar section of Baltimore, Md. I was the first person in my family to get a four-year degree. (I went to George Washington University on scholarship.) I married my high school sweetheart. We just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. Read more>>
Pamela Manning, Michael Manning
Soon after completing nursing school in 2009, I was rushed to the hospital and later had surgery that kept me hospitalized for 10 days. For me that was very traumatic because to be a nurse and a patient and now loosing control, it caused me to have an awakening of what it felt like from the patients perspective. Read more>>
Carol Lezell, Logan Lezell
Ironically, starting a new business was never the initial plan but as our ideas grew, my mom and I realized there was something there and Bello Moi the anti-aging skincare business was born. We complimented each other, in coupling my extensive aesthetician background and thorough research following overall dissatisfaction with the products in the marketplace. Read more>>
Veronica Romney
Hi! I’m Veronica aka V and I’m a full-time SEO nerd, a wife and mama of 2, and a Florida native. I founded LoSoMo with my husband. Losomo is a digital marketing agency based in Boca Raton that focuses on quality work and refreshing, empathetic client relationships. Building a business in my blood. Read more>>
Cameron Free
There are two things I’ve known about myself for a long time – I love being creative and I’ve always wanted to own my own business. I found traditional marketing education lacked the excitement and innovation I thought it needed. So, I decided to pursue a general Business degree at Samford University and learn the rest on my own. Read more>>
Dominick Peri
After a dozen years of sales and marketing in the wine industry and working as a hotel beverage consultant I couldn’t resist the energy of the craft movement, it’s purity, it’s creativity and genuine desire to bring new creative beer to every town. Read more>>
Edgar Zorrilla
I am originally from Venezuela but have been living in South Florida for over 20 years. Since I was young, I always wanted to be a computer science engineer, as I was passionate about connectivity and innovation through technology. Read more>>
Sarah RN & Judah HHC
Sarah was born and raised in NY to immigrant parents from Israel and Iran. When she was a young girl her father became ill. Her mother did everything she could to treat him naturally. Throughout this experience Sarah was exposed to both medical (doctors and hospitals) and natural therapies including Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Herbalism, Nutritional Counseling, Supplementation, Mental/Emotional Counseling, Faith/Spiritual Healing and more. Read more>>
Ludmila Pena
I fell in love with the bakery when I saw the Cake Boss program.I decided that I needed to learn how to work with cake decorating, at that time I lived in Portugal, and started looking for classes,I did a class, I learned a little, but I did not continue practicing, a few months later I came to Florida. Read more>>
Laurie Bulman
Back in the day, 1990 I assisted my teacher in Boulder CO as he taught the dancers Pilates. I have to admit I never thought i would teach at the time i just wanted to dance in NYC professionally…Well during a career in dance/theater I began teaching Pilates to earn some extra money. Read more>>
Tena Williams
I have always enjoyed helping people, so I thought of a way that I could help but also provide services. What better way to do that than go into the restoration business. I always keep up with the changes in the industry by continuing education and training. Read more>>
Tony Trieu
In 2002 Tony Trieu filled a void in the salon industry by starting a high-end salon brand that they believed would ultimately dominate the salon & spa market. The name for such a concept, similar to other well known brands, would be extremely important in creating market presence and it was Mia Le who suggested Venetian Nail Spa. Read more>>
Doug Miles, Chris Miles
The Miles family has always been around the flag business. My brother owned a flag store in Clawson, Michigan and when I was 24, he offered me the opportunity to move to South Florida and run my own flag store. I quickly jumped on it. Once in south Florida, I met my now wife Chris and we embarked on our adventure together. Read more>>
Julian Rubinstein
After college (1982) I worked for a Canadian company that sold plumbing supplies to retailers. I bought the US division in 2000 and subsequently sold it to Masco (NYSE:MAS). I then joined Sun Capital a Private Equity firm. In 2000 I left & started American Asset Management to manage my own money. Read more>>
Dave Magrogan
From Brookhaven, PA, I am the founder, owner and CEO of Dave Magrogan Group, with headquarters in Pennsylvania and Delray Beach, Florida. I have been recognized as one of the industry’s most innovative business developers, ran a successful chiropractic business. Read more>>
Dennis Boyle
MobileHelp was founded initially by Elias Janetis, who had been in the medical alarm business for several years. In conversations with customers, he often got the question “How far does the medical alert button work from the house?” With cell phone and GPS standard to the communications industry, he couldn’t understand why a medical alert system had to be constrained by a phone line and to the house itself – and he set out to change that. Read more>>
Edwin Hernandez
My name is Dr. Edwin Hernandez, I came to the US from Honduras in 1997 as a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Florida, there I earned a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as a PhD in 2002. My first job was at Microsoft working for the Windows Wireless division, and later on moved to South Florida to work for Motorola in Plantation. Read more>>
Matthew Close
Where do I begin. There is so much to talk about. For the people who know me, they know I like to talk a lot. The minute I start talking my passion and energy get fired up and it is hard for me to stop. So, with that being said I will give you the condense version. Sports has always been a part of my life growing up. Read more>>
Arielle Leavitt
We are a family owned and operated company. Medamerica has been around since 1995. I took over the company 6 years ago and have been running and managing the practice. We had to move our practice in 2012 and that was a big stress. Making sure all the patients knew where we were moving to. Read more>>
Cody Shavel, Douglas Shavel
The Galante Studio was founded in 1930 by an Italian immigrant named Michael Galante and his wife Amanda. Michael and Amanda started out producing women’s clothing in their house in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, the house would become known as “Galante’s Studio”. Read more>>
Scott Kurstin
I attended Lehigh University and received my degree in Business Management. I followed that up by receiving a Master in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University. My experience helped me land my first job in the Sports and Entertainment division at Pro Access, located in Miami. Read more>>
Elliot Harris
Pitmaster Bryan Tyrel began his passion for food in a small rural farmhouse in Kansas where Sunday Dinners were a big deal. He took the passion for food he learned from watching his mom and along with college buddy Jeff Steheny, was part of the competition BBQ team, Slaughterhouse Five, culminating with them winning the American Royal World Championship 2 years in a row. Read more>>
Sarah Kiedis
I got started doing calligraphy about four years ago when I saw lettering on pinterest and fell in love. I wanted to learn more about it so I took some online classes. The more I practiced the more I enjoyed it. I decided to start an etsy shop with my envelope addressing, place cards and custom signs. Read more>>
Daniel Villegas
I’ve done a lot of sharing of my story via blogging and Instagram (@villegas1919) I was born and raised in Miami, went to school @ Miami Sunset, signed a professional soccer contract my senior year and played/lived in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Spain and around the United States till I was 22. Read more>>
Jean Grayson
My story consists of the first time I discovered Asian youtubers. Once I saw the quality of relatable content from a person I didn’t know, and see how it understood how I felt growing up. The videos impacted me a lot growing up and from that moment. I decided to start making videos that people can relate to as well. Read more>>
Kristin Nelson
Gramercy Salon opened in Mizner Park, Boca Raton, two years ago by owner, Kristin Nelson. Kristin was raised in Minneapolis and was fortunate to be trained by the family members of Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of AVEDA. There she learned the importance of delivering high-end, careful services and also the importance of a corporate culture that cares about their team-members and the community around them. Read more>>
Frederick Santory
My journey started eight years ago with my then 14 year old son Giovanni Santory who lived with his mother in Tampa. I went to visit Gio and took him to lunch. I asked him what was going on in his life. He replied, streaming! I asked what that meant, He explained in great detail what streaming was all about. Read more>>
Jeanette Wyneken
I am a biologist, first and foremost. My areas of expertise span development (eggs and embryos) to adults, I rely on techniques from morphology, ecology, behavior. and physiology. I have spent much of my career studying various aspects of sea turtle biology that are important to conservation. Read more>>
Anthony Altieri
Founded in 2008,our mission was to enhance the Thermos(R) Can Insulator so that it would work properly with bottles as well. So we developed our patented “Bottle Topper” and quickly became Thermos’ largest independent re-seller in the US. Our go-to-market is done via demonstrative sales at events such as Boat Shows, RV Shows, Fairs, Festivals, etc. Read more>>
Lisa Glamoclija
What simply started as a hobby, instantly became a passion as soon as my first daughter was born. Then I started seeing beauty into everything, I would notice beautiful places, vibrant colors, breathtaking backgrounds and slowly I put everything together that this was the path I wanted to take. Read more>>
Alexandra Suozzo
If you told me when I was 18 years old I would become an acupuncturist in a few years, I would’ve laughed. I moved to New York City fresh out of high school in hopes of following my dreams in the fashion world. I was accepted to FIT in Chelsea and had thought my dreams were coming true. Read more>>
Roman Martinez
When I was younger, my dad was the kind of dad that would photograph every moment of my life and I always enjoyed looking back at the pictures that he took. Years passed by and my curiosity grew with the world of photography until one day I finally picked up his camera and went out to take pictures, I was instantly hooked. Read more>>
Lore Anghel
Everything happened pretty organically. I’ve been passionate about skin care and makeup ever since I was a little girl. I was probably 8 years old when I put on eyeshadow for the first time. As a teenager and young adult I was always concerned with my appearance and I was constantly looking out for new beauty tips and tricks. Read more>>
Michael Razzo
Michael Angelo Razzo is a third generation hair stylist. Starting at the age of 9 in his grandfathers salon on 2nd age in NYC His uncles ,mother, and sister were in the industry as well. So it’s safe to say it’s in his DNA . The first salon he opened was on the south shore of Long Island in 1971. Read more>>
Blair White
I cant say that starting any business from the ground up is ever a smooth road but if it were easy than everyone would do it. The things in life that are truly worth it never come easy and are generally worked very hard for. Read more>>
Elyse Gastwirth
After having a passion for fitness for years, I decided to get certified in Personal Training in 2011 after having my first child. I have been an avid runner and fitness enthusiast for a long time and even trained with a professional MMA Fighter. Read more>>
Ian Pyka
I have always been involved in sports. A knee injury in college playing football, led me to the University of Maryland on a track and field scholarship. While there, I was awarded NCAA Track and Field All-American honors three times. More importantly, I earned an alternate spot on the 1980 US Olympic Track and Field Team (Shot Put). Read more>>
Joshua Weaver
Early on as a childhood cancer survivor who has experienced numerous relapses from the time I was three to twelve years old, I quickly became aware of what it meant to be a survivor but didn’t realize until I became older that surviving is different than thriving. Read more>>
Angel Corchado
I started training in MMA in the fall of 2008. I had just dropped out of college and with no serious life goals or plans I decided to use my new free time to learn a new skill and stay in top physical shape. I used the last $100 I had to enroll in a local mma gym in back home in NYC. Read more>>
Lorraine Marks-Field
The Florida Intergenerational Orchestra (FLIOA) under the direction of founder/conductor Lorraine Marks-Field is based in Boca Raton. the FLIOA is a nonprofit community orchestra, educational and cultural organization that currently has musicians spanning the ages of 8- 99. Read more>>
Cindy Soto
I have always had a passion for working hard and enjoying what I do with creativity and flare. Even while working for many years in the travel industry and as a teacher’s assistant in a private school, I would find other ways to put my energy and creativity to good use – I guess I’m a workaholic, though I don’t see myself that way. Read more>>
Kevani Wilson
My name is Kevani Wilson and I’m a happily engaged 24 year-old mom and entrepreneur! I am also the founder, CEO and owner of Cool Mommy! Fashion has always been my passion since I was a little girl and all my life I have dreamed of owning my own boutique. Read more>>
Michelle Ambrosio
I sent an email to Erika with 5 photos, with a complete report. Begining with Michele’s Original Adviser for the Good Body Boca Home Artful Living. The road has been paved with persistance, commitment to my mission and good luck. Read more>>
Norma Malerich
I’ve always considered myself an artist since a little girl. In high school and college I was always on the “art committees”, did cartoons for the year books, school papers, majored in Fine Art, etc. I attended Ward-Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Read more>>
Renee Bianca, Denia Alfonso
We both became estheticians almost two decades ago. we met while working together for 14 years in an east Boca Raton Spa. We shared similar views and life styles, as well as the commonality of our passion for skin care, our clients and the work we do. Read more>>
Melissa Azabache
I was born and raised with two brothers, Bill and James, in rural NW Pennsylvania in a little town tucked away in the foothills near the Allegheny River to a self employed HVAC contractor and a local cake baker. I was always fascinated with the Historical Victorian Architecture in my town and I would say that was the start of my love for Real Estate. Read more>>
Luna Medina-Wolf
My journey with therapy started as a young child receiving the support of a social worker through difficult times. Already then, at the age of 16, I realized I wanted to become a therapist when I grew up. Many years passed and at the age of 27, I was finally able to attend college and pursue my education path to become a therapist. Read more>>
Karen Fredricks
I have been using the Act CRM software for my entire adult life to keep me organized and make me more productive. I used to teach it at a local computer training center. In 2000 I became certified in the Act product while working as the Technology Director at a local accounting firm. Read more>>
Michelle Sgarlato
I have always had a passion for helping others. I originally wanted to go to school and become a psychologist. About 1 month before I moved and went off to college I was talking to my Aunt about my plans. She is a Social Worker in N.Y. It didn’t take long for her to persuade me to switch my major at the last minute to Social Work. Read more>>
Renae Lapin
I have been blessed with immeasurable gratification and success in my career as a Family Therapist over the past 38 years. Thousands of individuals and families have honored me with their trust, supporting them to identify and achieve their goals. Read more>>
Lynne Goldberg
My journey began in NYC, manhattan to be exact where I was born and raised. Growing up in NYC and working in advertising, theatre, film and television made adjusting to a Florida lifestyle challenging. I loved fast pace living, broadway shows, fifth avenue shopping, trendy restaurants and walking. Read more>>
Spring J. Rice
Spring Training developed when owner Spring Rice began bar tending at age 18 in her college years at Central Michigan University. With no experience starting this job, after 2 weeks an alcohol compliance class had to be completed and that was the basis for the formation of Spring Training. Read more>>
Joe McMillian
Getting my wifes oil changed one day I saw 4 different delivery trucks pull up and deliver small packages for car repairs. I thought about how much of a waste it was to deliver such a tiny box considering the transportation, salary, insurance and congestion contributed. Read more>>
