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Barney Santos – Cultivating the Montebello Community

November 1, 2022 No Comments

Barney Santos is the entrepreneur and founder of Gentefy Inc, BLVD MRKT, and Alchemy Craft. His mission is to inspire & empower the entrepreneurial spirit; one person, one business, one community at a time. It is his belief that through the platform of business, the use of creativity, and the strength of human empathy it is possible to accelerate innovation in all aspects of life to make a lasting impact in a community.

Frank Schipani – Owner of Three Hats Coffee

October 25, 2022 No Comments

Frank Schipani is a self-taught coffee roaster that started Three Hats Coffee Company during the summer of 2020. Since starting Three Hats Coffee, it has always been his emphasis to roast high quality, specialty-grade coffee fresh and offer it at local farmers markets and online. His primary emphasis is to enhance your daily coffee ritual by providing you the best cup possible.

Ray Rangwala

October 18, 2022 No Comments

Ray Rangwala has been in the dry cleaning business since 1985. He owns and operates Esteem Cleaners in Pasadena and Glendale. He is a business coach for other cleaners. Ray has facilitated several seminars for the Dry Cleaning Association in teaching his fellow dry cleaners of the secrets of environmentally safe “WET CLEANING” instead of the usual chemicals. He has made Esteem Cleaners uniquely qualified in removing the toughest of stains because they incorporate traditional dry cleaning with enviro- safe wet cleaning.

Isai Cortez | Taxes, IRS, and SynkBooks

October 11, 2022 No Comments

Isai Bismark Cortez, a Los Angeles native, is the lead attorney for Bismark Tax, Inc. His practice area is concentrated in tax resolution. He wanted to build a company that would be consumer friendly and that would always give consumers what they were paying for, great tax help and full access to their attorney. Isai saw many companies offering tax resolution services, but these companies would limit the attorney time clients received. So that is why Bismark Tax, Inc. always gives their clients access to their attorneys. No gimmicks, just honest help.

Phillip Ozaki

October 4, 2022 No Comments

Phillip Ozaki’s culinary journey began not with utensils and ingredients in hand, but as a 16-year-old dishwasher in a Mississippi restaurant. With the freedom and trust given to him in his first job, he happily became more involved with the restaurant, picking up basic cooking skills over time before working his own station. From there, Ozaki’s passion for cooking took root and began to blossom.

Daisy Flores

September 27, 2022 No Comments

Daisy Flores is the daughter of the manager and cook at Tia Gladys Restaurant in San Gabriel. Throughout the years of helping her father and family with the restaurant while growing up she learned a wide array of life skills without her being conscious of it. While attending college Daisy found a new appreciation for her time growing up at the restaurant with all the ups and downs. Not only can she now recognize the skills that were acquired during that time but she also sees the beauty in how she grew up.

Paul LeDoux – Part 2

September 20, 2022 No Comments

Paul was born in Taos, New Mexico, and lived in Eastern Europe for two years from the age of 9. His family then moved to Dubrovnik, Croatia for a year and a half. When Paul was 19 he moved to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming an actor. After a year in the American Academy of Dramatic arts he left acting to become a youth soccer coach. At 30 years old he started his own business teaching children. Paul continues to work with children between the ages of 2 and 16. Paul has started a non-profit organization for underprivileged children. Recently he wrote and self published a children’s book titled ‘The Magical Soccer Ball’

Ryan Christiansen

September 13, 2022 No Comments

Ryan Christiansen is the Self-proclaimed Queen of Direct Response Marketing. She was born and raised locally in North East Los Angeles. She is the proud founder and CEO of NINE2FIVE Marketing, a Traditional Marketing Agency. If you have driven down any of the main streets in Los Angles, chances are one of the bus ads you saw, was placed by NINE2FIVE Marketing. As of August 2022, N2F’s clients are on 1/3 of the total buses throughout Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley, and the San Fernando Valley roads.

Brandon Rogers

September 6, 2022 No Comments

Brandon Rogers is an American comedian, actor, director, and writer. He was born on August 3rd, 1988 in Hayward, California. He was fascinated by cinema and acting at a very young age and decided to become an actor around the age of nine. After completing high school, he attended college in San Francisco. Before making his way down to LA, Brandon attended many film festivals in the Bay Area. In 2006 he created his own YouTube channel which has now amassed over 6 million subscribers.

Natsumi Saeki

August 30, 2022 No Comments

Natsumi Saeki is the owner of Ducks Restaurant located in San Gabriel. She is the daughter of founding owners of the restaurant. She went to San Gabriel High School and graduated from Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) with a Bachelor in HealthCare Administration. During her time in school she played basketball and volleyball. After college when it became apparent that her parents needed to rest from the family business, Natsumi took over for them and continues the job of serving the community the food and taste that she, and many of the neighborhood families grew up with.

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