Erica O'Connor is a pediatric speech and language pathologist and is the owner of her own practice - Find Your Voice Speech and Language Therapy! I love Erica's story - she worked at MTV & BBC in her 20's which is where she found her passion to work with kids and decided to go back to school for her masters in speech and language pathology.

Chelsy Ferguson is the founder of The Gathering Co., a local wedding and event planning company in the Carolinas! Chelsy found her passion for event planning early in her career journey and decided to take a leap and start her own business. If you are interested in a career in wedding & event planning this is the conversation for you!

Kat Campbell is a meteorologist at WRAL, she covers the weather forecasts daily on the news and builds weather models. She has always loved the weather since she was a little girl hoping for snow and made that passion her career! If you are interested in a career in meteorology or broadcasting the news - this is the conversation for you!

Morgan Lashley and Caroline Dunham are not only business partners but best friends that decided to start an ecommerce boutique that we all love and know as Vestique. Since launching Vestique in 2010 in the spare bedroom of Morgan's house they have expanded to ten locations across the South and have a cult-like following online.

Brooke Markevicius is the founder and CEO of Allobee. Brooke was working at Postmates when she got pregnant with her first child and realized quickly after that Postmates and most companies don't provide enough flexibility for working moms. She decided to pivot and start freelancing when she had the idea for Allobee. Allobee is a unique platform that is designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs that are in need of some business support services such as bookkeeping, web development, social media, and many more services.

Lindsay Rice is the founder and owner of Vita Vite. Lindsay's story is just so dreamy, she has a background in art history and photography. She loves to travel, explore new cities and decided to combine those passions and open Vita Vita - a wine bar and art gallery!

Megan Cain started The ZEN Succulent on Etsy in 2012 with a small shop that just grew and grew into two brick and mortar shops in Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina. Megan is the queen of succulents and has a book all about caring for them called Modern Terrarium Studios!

Dr. Elena Ashburn is the principal of Broughton High School in Raleigh, NC. After college, Dr. Ashburn joined Teach For America and started her career as a high school English teacher before transitioning into the administration side of education and became an assistant principal. Dr. Ashburn was named the 2020 WCPSS Principal of the Year and is a finalist for North Carolina State Principal of the Year!

Alicia Belle founded Mega in 2018, Raleigh's first lagree fitness studio! While working in various careers, Alicia always prioritized movement into her routine and loved exploring new workout studios when she traveled. After working in sales for a while, Alicia had the idea to open up a studio to challenge and inspire you like no other workout you've ever done before!

For our first episode, I sit down and chat with Maggie Kane, founder of A Place At The Table in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Maggie Kane was only 23 years old when she had the idea to start a pay-what-you-can-cafe, and on her 25th birthday, she received nonprofit status for the cafe. A Place At The Table's mission is to provide community and good food for all regardless of means and this mission has guided Maggie throughout her journey of launching Raleigh's first pay-what-you-can cafe!