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Caught between the art world and the sports world growing up, Mike Pesale has found his career smack-dab at the intersection of both. From his early days of interning and applying to endless jobs, to combining his love of sports and art as a career, Mike talks about the importance of playing to your passions and using your scrapes to grow a thicker skin.

Since their early days of sketching together as cousins, Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel have a long history of mixing design and business. With their backgrounds in UX design, marketing, and structural engineering, the duo is an absolute force. Their latest venture, Podpal, is an exciting new SaaS product directed at podcasters to solve their fragmented workflow. I got to sit down with the boys at Podcast Movement 2019 and discuss the importance of listening to your audience, and testing the market before writing a single line of code.

Strapped with a love of music and an entrepreneurial spirit at 12 years old, Audio Engineer Tom Kelly takes us back to mowing lawns and holding car washes to afford his very own drum set. After finishing college $120K in debt, Tom hustled to make his way in the music industry. But after realizing the traditional industry path wasn't a realistic option, Tom took matters into his own hands. With podcasts exploding in the last few years, Tom started Clean Cut Audio, producing and elevating the standards of audio quality of multiple shows...all while sporting his dope sequin jacket.

Described by her father as an "intense infant", Marisa Imon channels her emotional intensity into inspirational content creation in the form of mindful meditation, an Amazon best-selling book, and her most-recent venture to the comedy stage.

Always wanting to be a “creative kid”, Chris Vasquez's career was born into the world of product design. While still honing his fine art skills in lettering and illustration, Chris takes us through the importance of team rituals, staying focused on the problem you’re trying to solve, and delivering the right solution.

Writing his first song when he was 12 years old, Darius takes us through his early inspirations in music and how they inform his songwriting now. He gives us insight on how to use a job in the corporate world to fund your dreams, and the importance of being your true self in everything you do.

Described as Mona Lisa Vito meets Biggie, comedian Tara Cannistraci seems sweet, but don't cut her off in traffic! She has been killing it for the last few years, but it's not all roaring laughter and sitcom deals. Tara takes us through her journey and what it takes to make it through the roller coaster that is stand-up comedy.

Self-starter Abraham Friedman documents his entry into the UX/UI field, and details how to fight designing from an ivory tower.

Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He takes us through his creative process of writing "musical theater for adult children", and tees up Thicket & Thistle's, newest musical, "Death Cruise".

Dani takes us through her story in neon bending and how she was able to find and craft her truly unique style.