Kelly Trach was your classic over achiever. She got straight A’s, won scholarships, and got into the college of her dreams after high school, UBC Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, Canada.

After receiving multiple job offers out of college, Kelly reluctantly accepted one. Something inside her knew that she was destined for more than just a 9-5, so 4 months before her start date, she quit. Kelly wanted to start a business of her own, but it was no easy feat. After her first three business failed, she hit rock bottom and decided to dump everything society had taught her to build a lifestyle business helping others discover what they were destined to do. This is her story.

Four years ago, Nadalie Bardo quit her 9-5 job without a plan in place and serious negative dollars in the bank. Nadalie had spent most of her 20’s in University and earned her Master’s in International Development Studies—but when she landed a job in PR, she found herself incredibly underwhelmed and unhappy with the day-to-day work.

Nadalie didn’t want to be trapped spending her days speaking in other people’s voices, so she took action. She bet on herself and created a career that not only maximizes her potential, but helps others do the same. Pursuing life with confidence and slaying goals—in business, and life. 

Martina Abraham Ilunga’s story begins in 2016. She had recently moved from the East Coast and was living in the Bay Area at the time. Martina was working in sales and marketing at tech giants like Google and Square—but being in the Silicon Valley gave her an itch to start something of her own.

Martina and her now husband were taking a stroll around Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA when she began asking about his life growing up in South Africa. With her phone set on record, Martina soon knew exactly what she wanted to bring to life with her own business. 

Kayla Hollatz is a copywriter and website strategist for entrepreneurs—and also one of Interact's very first strategic partners.

Kayla comes from a long line of farmers and agriculture workers and is a first generation entrepreneur. Working tediously for hours on end was something that was engraved in her from a young age, but today, Kayla share her story of how she learned to shift her mindset to grow her business sustainably and avoid entrepreneurial burnout.

Ashley Beaudin grew up shy, soft-spoken, and unsure of herself and the world around her. Surrounded by an environment in turmoil, she experienced painful trauma and difficulty in her life, which led to self-sabotaging behaviors down the line.

But through the years, Ashley never gave up. She began to create her own recovery program and threw herself into a journey to re-write her story. Today, Ashley shares her story boldly to empower others to show up for themselves, imperfections and all.

Ashley Beaudin grew up shy, soft-spoken, and unsure of herself and the world around her. Surrounded by an environment in turmoil, she experienced painful trauma and difficulty in her life, which led to self-sabotaging behaviors down the line.

But through the years, Ashley never gave up. She began to create her own recovery program and threw herself into a journey to re-write her story. Today, Ashley shares her story boldly to empower others to show up for themselves, imperfections and all.

From a young age, Bree Weber enjoyed all things reading and writing, and her passion for storytelling carried her through the years to land a job she loved for a book publisher. 

Although she loved her job, Bree made the decision to move and embark on a new journey with her boyfriend in 2015. So, she pitched the company she worked for to become their first remote employee. They approved the remote work as an independent contractor, and that's when Bree's business was born. After many years of trial and error, she's finally found the path that provides her with purpose, passion, and profit.

Jessica Pereira graduated from college in 2018 with nothing but a Public Relations internship and online courses from Hubspot as experience under her belt. In 2019, Jessica hopped on a plane and left for Thailand to teach English for 6 months. This is where her freelance writing business was born.

In between teaching classes, Jessica found herself with lots of extra down time. She spent this time thinking about how she could turn her love for writing and digital marketing into a career. So one day, she decided to try it out as a side-hustle—while she was still in Thailand. But when she came home, she hit the ground running and turned her passion into a full-time job. 

Matt Clark was a studious computer science student at UCLA when he met classmate Josh Haynam, CEO of Interact. Matt was a coder, and Josh was an aspiring entrepreneur with a knack for all things business. 

They became friends when they entered a 48 hour startup competition together, which ended up as a complete disaster. In those 48 hours, the two spent their time coming up with random, weird ideas and fun things to build rather than actually trying to do what the weekend was for. 

Little did they know, after countless nights of eating Top Ramen, the two college buddies would be on their way to building one of the most successful quiz building platforms on the market. 

Kyshira Moffett, MBA was born and raised in Chicago and was at the very beginning of her journey through corporate America when she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a job. While she was working full time, she began helping friends with their resumes, cover letters, and much more—helping others land six figure jobs.

Little did she know, her infectious drive with this small side-hustle would propel her into entrepreneurship to becoming a founder of her own six figure company.