Through our work we have had the good fortune of seeing firsthand how success comes in every shape, size, color, faith, and orientation. More importantly we’ve learned that success is often the result of people embracing their unique backgrounds and so we’ve asked the community to tell us about their background and how it has impacted where they are today.

Naomi Esther Blemur | Author, Advocate & Businesswoman

I am an author, coach, and businesswoman, born in Miami, FL, raised in Brooklyn, NY. My passion for helping others find their purpose has led me down a path less traveled. An overcomer in every sense of the word, I lost both parents by the age of eighteen and still found the grit to raise my three younger siblings, the youngest, a child with special needs. Read more>>

Marco Watts | Recording Artist

Born on the south side Chicago, Illinois. Growing up around my cousins that came from a musical household inspired me to do music also. My older cousins are both singers, I feel I get my melodies from them. Read more>>

Naomi Perier | Photographer

I came from a family split between a scientific side and an artistic one. I initially pursued the academic way, completing a bachelors in psychology. But I soon came to realise there was a sense of flavour missing in my life. In my early years as an adult I started exploring creative ways of expression, through movement and music. Read more>>