In The Act

Houa Yang is the Mental Health Project Coordinator for Sheboygan County with project Resiliency at WUCMAA. Her role is to implement mental health projects that make sense for the county and meet the needs of this community. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with emphasis in graphic design and worked in the school district for 14 years as a bilingual specialist.

Website:

https://www.wucmaa.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/WUCMAAInc/

Project Resiliency Facebook (our mental health initiative):

https://www.facebook.com/wiprojectresiliency/

Whitney Morales is a local storytelling photographer. She specializes in documentary style photography that will authentically tell any story. Whether it is documenting the days of family life, or telling the story of a brand, Whitney creates emotive imagery that will bring you right into that moment.

Website: Whitneymorales.com

Socials: instagram.com/whitneymoralesphotography              facebook.com/whitneymoralesphotography

Nina Soul is an Indigenous Two spirit practitioner of Brujeria and a Medium. She has been a Spiritual Pastor since 2018. She is the owner of House of Spiritual Vibes LLC Botanica, a LBGTQ+, BIPOC, Witch owned business.

https://house-of-spiritual-vibes-llc-botanica.business.site/

https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfSpiritualVibesBotanica

Erica grew up surrounded by the color and texture of nature, solitude, and curiosity. She advocates that all people belong to creativity, and that such belonging can help us find connection with one another. Erica has studied both painting and art therapy, and has an active, professional, intuitive studio practice as an artist based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. You can find her website at http://www.ericahuntzinger.com/ , her Instagram at (http://instagram.com/ericahuntzinger) , and her art at Honey and Ace, Whisk Bakery, and her studio.

She is interviewed by Heather Hanlon who is always reading about art and museums, and is thankful for artists and community engagers like Erica. In Heather’s work, studies, and writing, she is interested in art practice and material culture rooted in community, family, and healing.

Kathy is currently doing this, that & the other thing... which includes offering Therapeutic Massage and developing new grooves through teaching an eclectic style gentle yoga, Laughter Yoga & Ecstatic Dance at the new Uptown Social. She is also working a part-time job at Slo Food Market. For Kathy, bicycle riding is pure joy & gardening... ineffable bliss! The journey's always beginning & never ending - from Nothingness - to Somethingness - back to Nothingness - then to Everythingness!

Julie is the artist and owner of Jules + Leo. She handcrafts original glass beaded jewelry using a  needle and thread. She enjoys the deliberate and detailed nature of this medium and continues to explore the endless combination of color and pattern. You can find her online at julesandleo.com  and @julesandleo on Instagram.

Braden is a Sheboygan resident, local organizer and 'young professional' who is passionate about empowering people to create the community they want to live in. He has a professional background in marketing and product strategy, a deep love for nature, and a desire to combine his skills and passions to help make Sheboygan the best version of itself.

Braden helped start Sheboygan Active Transportation, a local advocacy group focused on making it safer, easier and more delightful to get around using a variety of modes of transportation, and is involved in advocacy work focused on housing and small business vitality.

https://www.facebook.com/sheboyganactivetransportation

https://www.instagram.com/sheboygan_activetransportation

Heather is a certified planner through the American Institute of Certified Planners and holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Heather has a vast array of experience in environmental consulting and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, Heather has traveled the world through her time in the U.S. Army and a tour in Iraq, and as a mentor of UW-Milwaukee Engineers Without Borders work in Guatemala and through her culinary training at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Heather is a compassionate listener and visionary that quickly sees processes and systems and finds inspiration and challenge from different viewpoints and experiences.

www.greenbicycleco.com

www.facebook.com/greenbicycleco

www.instagram.com/greenbicycleco/

Charm Joy Der, MA Ed, is a wife, mother to two inquisitive and energetic young sons, an author, and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) strategist and educator. She is passionate about DE&I and belonging and wants to provide a space where all children see themselves within literature. Aiming to create a foundation of love, happiness, and self-esteem for children her debut book "My Happiness Counts" takes readers on an exciting counting journey to discover happiness.

https://instagram.com/happinesscountsbook

https://myhappinesscounts.com/

https://wonderatwork.com/

After over a decade in New York City working as an actor, technical director, and fight/stunt choreographer, Wyatt moved back home to Wisconsin to launch The Production Farm in Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties, which offers mental and behavioral health and wellness programs. Since moving back, the Sheboygan native has also worked as a carpenter, filmmaker and farmer, and still acts, makes music and creates art. He can be found online at https://theproductionfarm.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/productionfarm