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Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor is a Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning songwriter, aiming to use his background in business and entertainment to aid people in finding confidence in their own voices and stories. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Before he came to California he worked the 9 to 5 job but not finding much purpose and passion for it. When he did go into a creative space, working with musicians, Brian realized that this was more his style for life.

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Alex Bruno

Alex Bruno

Alex Bruno founded Bruno Group Inc. A legal firm that helps entrepreneurs and business owners in their growth by taking care of their legal needs. Alex is an entrepreneur himself. He understands the various responsibilities and time limitations entrepreneurs experience daily. Alex’s approach is designed to streamline a business’ legal needs, anticipate and eliminate potential issues and set a framework for a business to meet its goals.

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Jennifer & Jasmine

Jennifer and Jasmin started their own clothing boutique for women of all sizes in late 2021. They believe all women are beautiful and that fashion is an expression and celebration of one’s personal style. When you look good you feel good.

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Vasyl Ghanimian

Vasyl Ghanimian

Vasyl Ghanimian, MS, LCSW, SEP (he/him) emigrated from the Philippines at three years old with his Filipino mother and Armenian father. His religious parents emphasized education as a pathway to financial independence. They pushed him to access opportunities available in the U.S. and succeed.

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Jennifer Trotoux

Jennifer Trotoux is the Director of Collections and Interpretation at the Gamble House, where she joined the staff in 2017. A Pasadena native and an architectural historian by training, she has spent over 25 years of professional practice in Southern California as a historic preservation planner.

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Alyssa Rosenthal

Alyssa Rosenthal

Alyssa Rosenthal was born and raised in the peaceful mountains of Northern California. With the Trinity forest as her backyard, the family pets and wildlife as her best friends, Alyssa grew to know dogs as the truest companions, and nature as the best playground. She enjoys being outside most, never having a long term indoor job once in her life.

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Nathan McCusker

Nathan McCusker was born in Las Vegas, raised in Kingman, AZ and now loyal Angeleno since 2002. Nathan’s beer-evangelist journey began one fateful day in 2002 after moving to LA and ordered Stone’s IPA. It was love at first sip. True to his inquisitive nature, and newfound patronage at Eagle Rock Brewery, he dove into the world of homebrewing and realized the creative nature of brewing, recipe formulation and experimentation.

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Young Kim and 3DJ Pictures

Young Kim is the creative director at 3DJ Pictures, an end-to-end production company based in Los Angeles. A vagabond who has lived in multiple continents, Young has called Pasadena home since 2020 —after moving to LA in 2014. Getting his LA industry start as a sound mixer and assistant camera for David Blaine’s magic specials, Young now works mostly in the commercial realm, partnering with clients like Live Nation and Skechers for the better part of the year. Outside of work, Young is an avid basketball fan and is currently working on his debut novel—I Always Knew That I Would Die Young—which is a story about ethnic and more so ethical identity, and if we truly have a choice in who we become.

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Joe Hanks – Professional Boxer in SGV

Joe Hanks is the owner of Brick City Boxing, an innovative boxing inspired high intensity fitness experience. The classes taught are designed by Joe Hanks himself, a world class professional boxer. His inspiration when designing the classes came by his journey through boxing gyms in ‘Brick City,’ that is Newark, New Jersey.

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