Ryan OKeefe
I spent nearly the first 5 years in the healthy vending industry working for another healthy vending company. In short, I felt that there were many ways to improve upon what they were, or were not doing. In addition I felt that the vending industry overall needed a fresh approach as every company, regardless of whether or not that they considered themselves healthy or not, were conducting business like the vending had been for decades. Read more>>
Dr. Debbie Bright
I initially moved to San Diego from the Midwest to pursue an independent contractor position with a Chiropractic Physician who is well recognized in the sports rehab world. I never thought he would say yes to adding me to the team, however I had completed the exact post-graduate coursework needed and interned with the right physicians to stand out — and just like that I was driving my loaded down 2001 Saturn across the country to live in the city of my dreams (it was 2013)! Read more>>
Rob Robbins
My business partner and I have been good friends since junior high school. We have always talked about opening a restaurant together. So in 2012, we decided it was time to quit our jobs and move to home to San Diego to pursue our dream. Read more>>
Rachel Labbe-Bellas
In 2015, I was invited to participate on a all-female sailing voyage with an all-female crew of international ocean leaders called eXXpedition. Our mission was to make the unseen seen, from the toxics in our bodies to the toxics in our seas. Read more>>
Ai Kanazawa
I arrived in the U.S. with my British husband in 2004 and for many years I had a visa that didn’t allow me to work. So during that time I decided to go to culinary school, which was one of the toughest but also the best things I did in my life. Read more>>
Coco L’Amour
My name is Coco L’Amour and I am a professional dancer, choreographer, and burlesque performer. I have been teaching dance since I was 15 and started teaching burlesque in 2011. There is a large community of people in San Diego who perform and aspire to perform burlesque. Read more>>
Samantha Melesko
I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Rhode Island in May of 2011. After college, I began working as a Registered Nurse in the medical-surgical area then the Emergency Department in Providence, Rhode Island. Read more>>
Regina Lon
My name is Lon … actually its Regina, but I am also called Lon. I was born in The Netherlands, where they have very strange ways of naming their children. For instance, I was born Regina Eleonora, yet they called me Lon. On top of that, my last name is very long and very unpronounceable, so I never use it. Read more>>
Jen Broas
Corporate business was my life. I went to college in Oregon for business so I could work hard and get a great job. I worked for a well-known financial firm in Newport Beach for about 10 years when doTERRA essential oils entered my life. They entered at a time when I had a 2 year old and was pregnant with my second. Read more>>
Anne-Marie Ferguson, Jacqueline Coulon, Dominique Coulon
Our grandparents owned a restaurant in Ocean Beach for over 20 years. Our entire family worked there, and we spent our after school time running around playing and eventually helping out with kid friendly tasks. It was always our goal to open up our own restaurant and we started working professionally in other restaurants in high school. Read more>>
Heather Dahl
I graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in Communications and wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with my life. I ended up pursuing a management career in the restaurant industry, something that challenged me for many years but eventually took a toll on my life balance. Read more>>
Melinda Hoffman
Studying Fashion Design at The Art Institute of Chicago, I was hired as a children’s wear designer in the 80’s. The best part of my job was traveling throughout Europe several times a year to attend fashion shows and to research fashion trends. Read more>>
Maureen Martin
I am a Southern California native, 4th generation California. While raised in both Orange County and Palm Desert I came to San Diego in the pursuit of a career in Real Estate Financing. I obtained a degree in Psychology at Cal State San Bernardino, and was eager and ready to apply my new knowledge in something related to real estate. Read more>>
Kristen Montez
I was driven to attend law school because of healthcare access issues plaguing unemployed individuals I counseled. Since the inception of my legal career, my focus has been health law to help foster solutions to those healthcare access issues. Read more>>
