Strange on Purpose

Psychotherapist, mental health advocate, and lady hooper with a soft spot for sneakers, Liz Beecroft is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist whose main mission is to educate and raise awareness on mental health. Liz joins us to talk about her journey, her day to day creative process and the importance of Mental health in creative careers. 

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In one of the most informative episodes yet–Meline Katchi, founder of Studio Mesmel & Design Director of IVY PARK,  joins Izzy to talk about her creative process, experience as a woman in the industry and working with the likes of Jerry Lorenzo and Beyonce.  instagram.com/melinekatchi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strangeonpurpose/support

Samantha Smyser- De Leon is a Puerto Rican visual artist from Humboldt Park, Chicago. She holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Columbia College Chicago with a minor in Arts Business. She works primarily at Nike as a Footwear Color Designer, at the global design level but also works as an independent installation artist, fabricator, graphic designer and illustrator, with a focus on set-design installations for special events, concerts, and video production.

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Ali Six is a multi medium artist born and raised in Humboldt Park Chicago. Since he was a child he ventured with his imagination to create cartoons, and in high school painting the streets of Chicago. After realizing there was more to art than just graffiti he combined what he learned through spray paint and his love of cartoons to create Richie the Raccoon. Ali Six uses Richie to liven up the streets of Chicago and around the world with murals. 

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Camila Diaz finally joins the show to talk about the journey of landing her new role at Reebok, Puerto Rican creatives, the island, Anuel AA and sooo much more. 

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Sneaker Ether is more than a hype project, it is a multi-dimensional apparel and digital brand for the sneaker community. The brand combines elements of cryptocurrency, gaming, and sneaker culture to create one of a kind non fungible tokens (NFT's), and apparel for this universe.

https://twitter.com/SneakerEther

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In this episode, Izzy interviews MAWdoods. A Green Bay, WI native that creates pieces of art that are originally hand drawn on a Nike shoebox using the Swoosh as part of his https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/shoeboxseries?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUwtGbatWLLn1uE8SmvnuO7Pz1qUzf3Ory8nHjZlZCPotMNKxunYlXCBCwyJAwbIX9dXYvWMf9tnh5yrD6qnlbHmE5Zgzz0nEDtuhnj7k6AvwCWFTpyB4Odzc0Jyf0-KHYsWdtwXLDPy6dEvMxaFP6i&__tn__=*NK-R. MAWdoods talks to us on the inspiration behind his work, the creative process behind it and what's in the near future for him. 

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In this episode, Izzy chats with the LEGENDARY Shake James about owning a store, some of his influences and sooo much more. 

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When his parents wanted to narrow him into a path he wouldn't be happy with, Christian Figueroa started a long journey of following his dreams and when an opportunity came to pitch himself to the team at KITH, he didn't let it pass him up. Christian jumps on the pod today to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, breaking into the industry and sooo much more! 

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A Jersey boy through and through, meet Sam Hart, Style Director, Brand Partnerships at https://www.instagram.com/complex/

A dad of 2, San has been a consumer, creative, student and more of the culture for most of his life. He’s an avid sneaker collector and terrible NY sports team fan.

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