Sidra Afzal is a young aspiring author, poet, and artist. She has been writing since as long as she remembers. Through her work, Wildflowers, she hopes to provide passionate poetry to inspire the young wild souls. she firmly believes that poetry is the eloquent art of survival. This book of poetry, art, and prose takes you through a journey of the seasons of life in the shape of poetry.

Just a quick reminder that new episodes will be released EVERY Thursday moving forward and no longer on Tuesdays. This programming change will better align us to bring you even more diverse content and enjoyable listening experience.

We are at 10 episodes! We have learned a lot on this journey to our 10th episode. In this episode, we share some of the memories of starting this podcast as well as challenges we faced as well as inspiration we drew from our guests and listeners. We discuss how the amazing feedback we received from our listners after each episode has been implemented and has allowed us to grow to what we are today. As we look towards the next 10 episodes, we owe it to you to produce excellent content and continually raise the bar.

Kenneth Bahizi is the cofounder of GreenLux Chicago. A private and chauffeured car service including Tesla and Mercedes Benz vehicles that operate under an environmentally sustainable model.

Rwandan-rooted, Montreal based singer/song writer Nicole Musoni is the eldest daughter of the popular Rwandan artist Évariste Musoni hence her natural inclination for music. She was barely 2 years old when she set foot on stage for the first time and ever since then she knew that she was put on this earth to perform. The afrocentric songstress participated in different contests, such as the popular “Secondaire en Spectacle” and, more recently, “Star Académie” in 2009. Her hard work placed her among the 50 finalists; she met well-known personalities and got a taste of what she had wanted to do her entire life. Her style is very acoustic, very authentic, and she loves working with artists who know their instruments. She often performs with the same team, and is inspired by her experience on stage This element of performance will undoubtedly be present in her upcoming album.

Alpha is a Rwandan singer/songwriter currently based in the US. The road to stardom is never easy and through this first hand account, we delve into what iginited the spark in him to fearlessly pursue his dream of taking his love for music to new heights. We look at what sustained him and how he sustained and grew his creative side. His style merges world music, reggae sound and R&B with Swahili, English and Kinyarwanda lyrics. A true example that music transcends borders and language.

DJ Kiga, a Burundian born DJ who currently resides in Toronto Canada, takes us on his journey of how he got started rocking crowds through various events, and mix shows to building a growing business in the creative space. He discusses in-depth his passion for introducing new music to crowds based on his rich experience from around the world.

Claudine (Chef Coco) takes us on her journey into culinary arts, specifically into what she calls creating Karma Free foods. She discusses in depth her vegan lifestyle and how she integrates it into her approach to creating diverse menus.

Entertainer, Comedian and YouTube star Clifford Owusu stops by to chat with us about his journey chasing his dream of spreading happiness. In this episode we cover a wide range of topics including how to deal with challenges to your dreams on the journey to making them a reality.

Eric from Cado Images shares the story of how he found a passion for Photography while pursuing an engineering degree. He describes how he turned this passion into a thriving business and the challenges he faced along the way.