Megan Flood is the Founder of Marine Lane, a NYC design and branding studio she founded in 2012. For the last decade, Flood has led a team of creatives who are bonded by a shared love of design and belief in the power it has to connect, inspire, sell, and amuse.

Marine Lane, recipient of multiple industry awards, continues to attract a wide array of stellar clients who rave of the quality of work and service provided by a team dedicated to achieving client goals. Flood's agency works with clients like BMW, Columbia University, Comcast, Cormetech, Foundation Partners, Hilton, JVC, New York Center for Autism, No Labels, Ogilvy, Rational360, RDY, Scientific Bioprocessing, Serendipity3, and The Pink Stuff.

The 24-hour/365-day-a-year commitment that comes with running the business is nothing compared to running after young sons Hayden, Rhys and Sonny the other 24-hour/365-days-a-year.

To learn more about Megan Flood and Marine Lane:

Website: https://www.marinelane.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinelane/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marine-lane/

Abby J. Pariser attended Barnard College, receiving her BA in American History in 1967. She also received her MA in 1975 at Roosevelt University, Chicago. Abby participated in the movement against the war in Vietnam during college and became part of Chicago Women’s Liberation Union at its founding in 1968. She joined Chicago Abortion Counseling …

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Marinel M. de Jesus, Esq. is a former civil rights lawyer from Washington,

DC, who turned her passion for hiking into a full-time endeavor as a social

entrepreneur, solutions-focused journalist, and speaker.

She is the founder of the award-winning media platform, Brown Gal Trekker, and mountain trekking enterprise, Equity Global Treks, both of which aim to elevate the status and

roles of women and indigenous communities in the outdoor and travel

industries. Marinel is a full-time global mountain nomad and travels to

mountain destinations regularly to explore adventure travel initiatives that are

community-led and/or focused on female leadership in the industry.

In 2019, she founded the non-profit human rights organization, The Porter Voice

Collective, which aims to advocate for the human rights of porters in Peru,

Nepal, and Tanzania and Workforce Equity Tourism as a form of sustainable

tourism through the use of storytelling and all forms of media.

Marinel has written for various outdoor & travel publications such as the Alpinist

Magazine, Outside, Fodor’s, Backpacker Magazine, Huffpost, and Adventure

Journal. She was a Board Member of the American Hiking Society & JEDI

Committee Chair from 2020-2022 and a Brand Ambassador for Osprey &

AKU Trekking Shoes.

To learn more about Marinel de Jesus, Brown Gal Trekker, Equity Global Treks, & The Porter Voice Collective:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/browngaltrekker/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrownGalTrekker

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgtexplorations

To learn more about The Porter Voice Collective, please go to:

https://theportervoicecollective.org/

The film KM82: The Porter Voices of Peru’s Camino Inca is having an advance screening from May 25th-June 8th. To view a private screening of the film, please fill out this registration form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3LreIMSouDbtUnM53s-XADkDXWxXKbyHuO6Ddv-RsZSRUVw/viewform

Bolanle Williams-Olley is the CFO and co-owner at Mancini Duffy, a national design firm with a 100+-year-old history and tech-forward approach based in New York City, where she oversees the firm’s financial and operational performance. She has over 15 years of experience working in the AEC industry with a strong background in financial analysis and …

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Adi Kaplan has a Masters in Industrial Engineering, but went a totally different direction. At the age of 40, when many of her friends decided to go the Botox way, she knew she was going to work her way into well-aging (as she is not "anti" anything :-) ) and decided to go the NOtox way! She will go a long way to reduce her wrinkles, get a glow to her face and look great THE NATURAL WAY. Besides, her motto is that every wrinkle she has - she earned with hard work :-) She loves treating people, loves seeing results, and most of all - loves getting compliments from clients after each and every treatment.

To learn more about Adi Kaplan and Facial Healing by Adi:

Website: https://www.fhbyadi.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/facialhealing/

Ofra Abramovich is the Founder of Mamanet - Mothers League, which is the largest women's league and the 3rd most popular sports branch in Israel.

Mamanet has thousands of active mother players participating in close to 1500 teams

located in municipalities all over Israel, Cyprus, Austria, Italy, USA, Canada and Switzerland

Singapore and more.

She devotes her life to promoting Mamanet’s philosophy where mothers should be able to

belong to a sports team and thereby lead a healthy and active life. The motto is, "Every

mother can."

As such, these mothers become a personal example and a role model for their children and

families. Mothers who participate in Mamanet have proven their ability to build a strong

community which becomes a platform to emphasize school pride, good sportsmanship,

professional competitions and enhancing community building and mutual aid. This model

was not only adopted by mothers from around the world, but also received recognition

from government agencies, the UN, sports agencies such as CSIT, the National Olympic

Committee, health & lifestyle companies and more.

The Ministry of Science is currently conducting a 3 year research which shows that Mamanet league increases social capital & promotes health and wellbeing.

UPDATES:

Mamanet is currently in Las Vegas for its 3rd USA Mamanet Tournament between May 5th-7th, 2023. This tournament will have 200 players, 20 teams from around the state, as well as a Mamanet guest from Kenya and a guest team from Italy.

The final tournament will be held at CSIT World Games in Cervia, Italy on September 5-10, 2023.

Mamanet Mothers League(Israel), along with Mamanet Italy, has received an EU grant to establish Mamanet in 14 countries.

To learn more about Ofra Abramovich:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofra-abramovich-ba4b66130/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ofra.abramovich?mibextid=ZbWKwL

To learn more about Mamanet:

Website: https://www.mamanet.org.il/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamanetisrael/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mamanetisrael/?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Priyanka Modi is an alternate learning coach and consultant who has worked in schools in various roles, including as a teacher and program coordinator. She has designed programs aimed at helping students gain volunteering experience. Her inspiration for writing comes from her nine year-old son, Adi.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Priyanka began exploring alternative approaches to learning, recognizing that the traditional schooling system may not be suitable for everyone. She researched various self-learning ideas, and incorporated them into her family’s daily routine. Priyanka and her family enjoy learning at their own pace, and utilizing the many online resources available to them. Adi’s interests change regularly, and as a result, his learning experiences vary as well. Priyanka appreciates that he has the freedom to explore whatever topics he’s interested in and is not restricted by a specific curriculum.

Priyanka studies the art of raising free learners and designing a lifestyle around it. She is passionate about writing and assisting others, which led her to start her blog. She is gradually getting to know numerous alternate learning explorers, and enjoys exchanging stories and sharing knowledge with them.

Priyanka’s objective is to demonstrate that other options exist and assist individuals in finding their own path in life. She strives to educate people about the numerous methods of exploring education, and believes that learning should be accessible to all.

To learn more about Priyanka Modi:

Website: https://www.educationnext.in/

To subscribe to her newsletter: https://educationnext.beehiiv.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyankamodi-educationnext/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priyanka_educationnext/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/priyanka_optom

GG Stankiewicz grew up in Rhode Island and moved to New York City to pursue her art career.

She attended the Community College of Rhode Island where she received an Associate of Fine

Arts Degree. To continue her art studies GG headed to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

at Tufts University in Boston, MA where she earned a combined degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts

and Bachelor of Science in Art Education. GG completed her art studies by achieving a Master

of Fine Arts Degree at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. In

addition to her art practice, she served as a high school art teacher for the New York City

Department of Education. GG has co-founded artist-run organizations: SONYA (South Of the

Navy Yard Artists, Brooklyn, NY) and WBA (West Branch Artists, Walton, NY) and has served

on their events committees, assisting in all phases of planning and organizing community art

walks and art exhibitions for local artists. GG Stankiewicz is the recipient of the 2023 Delaware

County Individual Artist Grant, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts

with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York Legislature and administered in

Delaware County by the Roxbury Arts Group. This funding is making it possible for GG to create

her project: Patchwork Landscape, a new body of work inspired by the local nature and

ecology of Delaware County, New York. The artwork will be exhibited with an artist talk at the

Walton Theatre Parlor Gallery in Walton, New York in October 2023. The exhibition dates are

October 7th – November 5th 2023. GG lives in Delaware County New York and her studio and

gallery are in Delhi, New York.

About my art:

I am an abstract visual artist whose artwork is inspired most recently by the local nature existing

in the outdoor world where I live. When hiking the forests of Delaware County New York

experiencing the colors, lines, shapes, textures and patterns from the surrounding environment

they awaken my senses. Seeing the multiple horizons of the Catskills foothills, hearing the

sounds of running water from a nearby stream, glimpsing a pair of foxes, deer and other wildlife

in the distance, I am captivated by all of the activity within this unique landscape. I search for

reminders heart-shaped rocks, multi-colored leaves, wild flowers, or flotsam and jetsam along

the Delaware River. These vistas and artifacts forge a memory connection to specific times and

places. They are the inspiration for imagery and content in my artwork that is a compilation of

visual journaling, painting, papermaking, collaging and printmaking. My process involves

working with various media while referencing discovered objects, memory, photo

documentation, field guides, global and world art histories.

To learn more about GG Stankiewicz:

Website: https://ggstankiewicz.com/

Website: https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/gg-stankiewicz

Artwork Archive: It’s an art inventory platform/database that I use to showcase my

artwork, inventory my artwork and manage my art practice.

IG: @gg.stankiewicz.studio

WhatsApp: GG Stankiewicz

LinkedIn: GG Stankiewicz

Yazmin Castañeda is a first generation Mexican-American that currently lives in Austin, Texas with her daughters and husband. She was born in California and grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. After 20+ years in the Real Estate industry, Yazmin decided it was time to pivot and pursue a different path that would better align with her personal values and her entrepreneurship spirit. In 2020, Origin Mexico was born with a mission to share Mexico’s heritage through the beauty of artisanal goods while helping artisan women share the craftsmanship that has been passed down through many generations. She is on this life path due to the many sacrifices made by her family and her goal is to honor those sacrifices by helping others that are seeking a better future for their families, just as her family did many years ago.

Yazmin enjoys traveling, cooking, reading and is working on being more present to better enjoy those small yet beautiful moments in life.

Updates on Origin Mexico and Yazmin Castañeda:

Origin Mexico has grown their partnerships with Mexican artisans and now work with artisan families in 9 regions of Mexico. They have also expanded their pop-up events to cover Houston, Dallas, Waco, Austin, and soon, San Antonio.

Yazmin Castañeda recently joined the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas as a board member.

To learn more about Yazmin Castañeda:

Website: https://originmexico.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/origin_mexico/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/originmexicogoods

Ushering in a new era of bite sized livable health, nutrition and fitness solutions, Patricia Greenberg, Aging Well Coach, is an expert in all aspects of living life to the fullest at any age. As the creator of Eat Well, Live Well, Age Well, she consults, teaches, and hosts a weekly show, and speaks at seminars nationwide. She has a special interest in enhancing the education of the general public, and providing accurate health information to today’s consumer.

Passionate about wellness for life, Patricia completed 20 marathons and 115 half marathons, and loves the sport of tower climbing, having conquered buildings all over the country. Married with a grown daughter, in her downtime she is an avid reader and knitter.

To learn more about Patricia Greeberg:

FB: Patricia Greenberg, The Fitness Gourmet

IG: @thefitnessgourmet

Twitter: @fitnessgourmet

LinkedIn: Patricia Greenberg, The Fitness Gourmet