Stan DeKoven
Our program, Vision International College, traces its history to 1974 in Tasmania, Australia, originally called Launceston School of Theology, coming to the US in the early 1980’s. I began teaching counseling courses and other practical theology with Dr Ken Chant, eventually taking over the program. Read more>>
Andrea Meendering
I never envisioned owning my own business, I came to it from a completely different background. I have a masters in Sociology and I used to manage the Consumer Research department at The Washington Post. Read more>>
Chad Crawford
Greg Lemon, my business partner, and I have had running in our lives in one way or another since childhood. We both competed as teenagers and Greg went on to run track and field at UC-Riverside and I started coaching at the high school level in my home state of WI while in college still. Read more>>
Riley Hyde-Chou
I started off as a shop girl, working part-time at a cosmetics store while I was studying at University. I knew I connected with color and creating from a young age, but it wasn’t until I was 20 or so that I realized makeup artistry was the right modality for me. Read more>>
Edda Manriquez
I first graduated from UCSD in 2010 with a major in Communications, Visual Arts, and a minor is Stage Management in Theatre. I grew up in North Park and got to witness as a once impoverished community became the focal point of San Diego’s night life. Read more>>
Kristy Darrenogue
I started beauty school right out of high school to pass the time while I figured out what I wanted to go to college for. I fell in love with the science and beauty of esthetics. I worked at the Hyatt in Lake Tahoe in their spa. It was a great first job. Read more>>
Esther Fuentes
My story begins like everyone else who is trying to make it in Hollywood. It started with a dream to make it big. Not big in the sense of being a blockbuster movie star. But big in making it as an artist working in the film industry. Read more>>
Rachel Larraine Crawford
I grew up in La Mesa in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment with my Mom her boyfriend and my two younger brothers. Money was always tight so I became resourceful and creative. my first business was sewing and selling scrunchies to my neighbors when I was 10. Read more>>
