Nicole Huphrey or NAH Create is a Chicago native artist and brand strategist. We talk through Nicole's creative journey as well as the personal challenge of balancing work and art, when work requires your creative talenthttps://www.nahcreate.com/https://www.instagram.com/nahcreate/

Chef and owner of Loba Pastry in Chicago, IL. Valeria talks of moving from the familiarity of Mexico to the United States during her formative teenage years. Hear how her dedication to following her own path remained unchanged even as everything else didhttps://www.instagram.com/lobapastry/?hl=en

Musical artist Semler rose to the top of the christian/gospel itunes charts with the EP release Preacher's Kid in early 2021. This was the first time a queer christian artist has ever topped such a charthttps://music.apple.com/us/album/preachers-kid/1549729565https://www.instagram.com/gracebaldridge/

As a child of immigrant parents, Vivian speaks of the journey of navigating cultural, social, and gender expectations in the low brow art scenehttps://vivianleart.com/https://www.instagram.com/levivianart/

Katie shares the story of her early artistic days, discovering ceramics in art school, and finding home in the deserthttps://www.katiekimmel.com/https://www.instagram.com/katiekimmel/

Chicago-based artist Molly Anne Bishop shares her journey from med school to art school. Hear how she uses the characters in her art to express that the thoughts that so many of us have, but less of us shareWebsite: www.mollyannebishop.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyannebishop/

Chicago-based Penny Pinch shares his journey into creating public art using nothing but found materials. Hear how he views his art as both a love letter to humanity as well as a critique of wayward power structuresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/_pennypinch_/

Damiane Nickles of NotAPlantShop talks his journey from New York to Chicago and how finding that nugget of creative expression in whatever you're doing can bring purpose to whatever comes your wayCheck out his website https://www.notaplantshop.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/notaplantshop/

Anna shares her story of journeying from the art world to the food world. Hear how Anna's connectedness to the natural world has been a constant grounding as she moves through lifeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nna_posey/Website: https://elskerestaurant.com/

Polly Jiménez is a watercolor artist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Mexico CitySee Polly's work at:http://www.shortstoriesstudio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/pollyshortstories/