In this special minisode, meet Seattle Pacific University alumna Amanda Stubbert '95, host of the SPU Voices Podcast, as she shares about her student journey at Seattle Pacific and the people who impacted her along the way. After earning a degree in psychology and theatre, Amanda performed improv and taught theatre before returning to SPU.

After spending a semester abroad studying art history in Italy, Ashley Rodriguez fell in love with food and decided to make it her passion. Now she’s the creative genius behind the award winning food blog Not Without Salt, author of bestselling cookbooks, and host of a new YouTube series called Kitchen Unnecessary.

Seattle Pacific University President Dan Martin shares his journey of self-discovery that led him to become a university president, and he discusses his approach to leadership during unexpected challenges.

Jaymes Lackey discusses why he decided to run for school board in his community and why his education was important to him physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Laurra began her a career as a schoolteacher with no intention of returning to Peterson Cheese, a family-owned and -operated food distributor founded by her father and uncle. But along the way she discovered that running a company with, by, and for families was a calling she couldn’t ignore.

How do you leave a legacy for your own children or for your community? Is there more to legacy than finances? Bobby Martin ’98 is the founder and director of 118 Designs, an organization giving job training and life skills to young men striving to leave the gang life behind. This life of service was modeled for him by two parents who also lived in service of others.

As a therapist (she received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from SPU in 2000) and a writer, Cami excels at helping people figure out what it is they really have to say. She is the author of the quest memoir Second Wind: One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven Marathons on Seven Continents.

As if teaching, conducting, performing, writing, and singing the national anthem for the Seattle Sounders didn’t keep Dr. Stephen Michael Newby busy enough, he has embarked on a journey of radical reconciliation that brought him from Michigan to Seattle to a graveyard in Georgia.