Midwesterner, Anne-Marie made Prescott home 20 years ago and made a name for herself as a licensed insurance representative/office manager. Anne-Marie then founded and became the Owner/Editor of Maitre’D Magazine, a dining and culinary guide well-known across Northern Arizona. Her savvy sales and marketing skills led her to B2B sales in telecommunications with Sparklight Business. Now celebrating seven years with Sparklight, Anne-Marie uses her expertise in creating and maintaining long-term business relationships on a local level. Anne-Marie shows community support as an avid volunteer of many nonprofits including, Arizona Community Foundation Yavapai County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona.

Her passions are clean eating, dance, hiking, peopling, and her favorite, cooking. She believes “there are things you do because they feel right. It may be the real reason we are here: To love each other, to enjoy others’ cooking and say it was good”.

Aileen is a mom, an entrepreneur, a former Firefighter/EMT, and always keeping life guessing; not the other way around. She has a mind that can handle both the left and right sides with a natural ability to let the proper one rule at just the right moment.  

Aileen brings a uniquely blended background of technical and artistic skills. These skills were obtained, practiced, and honed in the fields of design-clay/floral/graphic, administration/finance, management, and fire & emergency services. She brings experience in floral design from working her way up as a Floral Design Assistant to Floral Designer in a variety of regions from California (San Diego, Del Mar), Illinois (Naperville, West Dundee), and Arizona. 

During her time in the fire and emergency services, she demonstrated a keen sense of observation, providing a compassionate listener to her crew and her patient. It is this skill that provides the ability to listen to her customers' desires and needs in order to execute the vision sought after. It is her drive and determination that bring the vision to fruition.

Some facts about Aileen:

Aileen has garnered recognition in Prescott Woman Magazine, was awarded by Yavapai College as the 2019 Alumni of the Year, and most recently the honor and privilege of working on parade floats as a Rose Parade Florist since 2019.

Hilary Dartt loves great adventures, whether she’s writing, reading, or living them. The author of nine women’s fiction novels, Hilary lives in Arizona’s high desert with her husband, their three children, her Weimaraner, and running partner, Leia, a failed barn cat, and a flock of chickens. She loves camping, exploring in the Jeep, and dance parties with her kids.

Learn more at https://hilarydartt.com/

Throughout Heather's career, she has had the great pleasure of traveling all over the country, working in many industries and with creatives of all kinds. From restaurants and breweries to the outdoors and sustainable living to music and local bands, to travel and farms. Now here in Prescott, Arizona, she has expanded into her own business, DeSousa Creative, and works with local businesses and musicians including Prescott Center for the Arts and Prescott Downtown Partnership. 

What draws Heather to marketing and photography is sharing the story and passion behind the project and then connecting it to a community that is inspired in the same way.

For more info visit: https://www.desousacreative.com/

Hedda Fay is the Community Outreach and Program Manager for Northland Cares.  Northland Cares is a 501c3 QCO Non-Profit.  They are a specialty healthcare provider for people living with HIV and Hepatitis C.  We provide HIV prevention and education and offer free harm reduction as well.  Hedda joins us to discuss women's sexual health, safe dating tips, and more.

Safe Dating Tips:

Things to Remember: 

FREE Condoms, PEP or PrEP, contact Northland Cares at: 

Prescott: 928-776-4612 or 928-771-0023 

Cottonwood: 203 S Candy Lane #3B, Cottonwood, AZ 86326 Phone: 928-649-0833 

Sarah Haynes is the founder of Pixel Parfait, which provides graphic design, web design & online marketing services to small-medium size businesses around the country. Sarah has been in the design & marketing field for over a decade and specializes in helping businesses and individuals develop their brands.  Sarah has a passion for designing full branding identities and helping companies refresh their branding through fresh, clean, and cohesive design pieces.

Instagram Accounts for Graphic Designers:

https://www.instagram.com/brand.brief/

https://www.instagram.com/theglowandgrowclub/

https://www.instagram.com/lets.brief/

Lesa West, is the owner of New Life CPR, in Prescott, AZ but is originally from Tennessee. She says the best thing about what she does is having someone come up to her and say "I heard your voice in my head" when they had to either perform CPR or a First Aid situation.  She says about mentorship: Our job here on earth is to be there for each other - teach and not give but really TEACH, Listen, Hug, help people breathe, and give others strength in themselves - when we do all these things, we grow!

Learn more about New Life CPR at https://newlifecpr.com/

After graduating from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's degree in Advertising and Photography, Ariana Bennett continued to pursue her advertising career here in Arizona. Her experience includes working in Tucson, AZ at a full-service creative marketing agency and as a Marketing Director. Now based in Prescott, Arizona, Ariana works with Arizona businesses and brands as a consultant combining her storytelling experience with marketing strategies using video, social media, graphic design, and digital marketing. With a passion for small businesses, you’ve got a marketing partner who will work with you on a marketing strategy to meet your goals and drive results.

Liberty Casarez worked as a financial aid manager before entering the automotive industry. Liberty joined the Findlay Automotive Group in Bullhead City in 2014 and she started her career as a salesperson before being promoted to Internet and Marketing Manager positions. Before transferring to Prescott, Liberty was influential in helping to propel Findlay's Bullhead City dealership to a level of community prominence it had yet to realize. Liberty volunteered her time and services when needed. She was involved with the local Chamber of Commerce, as well as Rotary, Kiwanis, and the Boys and Girls Club of the Colorado River leading to joining the board of directors in many of the organizations.

You will find Liberty throughout the Quad-Cities wearing one of her multiple "hats" - either as a leader, a volunteer, or maybe sometimes just enjoying some downtime.  

Episode notes: 

https://www.findlayauto.com

Sarah Vincent is the Education Director at the Highlands Center for Natural History. As a member of the Education team, Sarah brings a passion for science and a love for education. Sarah brings experience in environmental and educational leadership – constantly learning from and celebrating the communities that make up the Central Highlands, human and non-human. She works hard to facilitate meaningful experiences for people in nature, about nature, and most importantly, with nature. She is the *brand new* mother of Sylvia and the wife of Andrew.

Episode notes:

https://highlandscenter.org/