David Petrides
To my surprise, I was born in the South. My childhood was spent–or maybe invested–playing with Legos. It’s basically all I did. I was a pale, fragile, artsy nerd. I stayed that way on the inside, I guess, so it wasn’t much of a stretch to pursue an artsy major at a nerdy college. Read more>>
Juan Moore
I’m from Augusta, GA and attended T.W. Josey High School. At 16 I decided I needed to attend college because all of my peers were either having children, dying, or going to prison. In 2009 I enrolled at Albany State University. Read more>>
Krystal Russell
I realized I wanted to be an entrepreneur when I was in high school. I remember learning about franchising in my business class and fell in love with the idea of running a business. My approach was a practical one. I knew it took money to make money. With that in mind, I chose nursing as my first major in college purely because I knew nurses made good money and I could use that money to start my own business. Read more>>
Mayci Neal
I began making body care products for myself, because I needed something that the store wasn’t offering. I had dry skin, and regular lotions seemed not to be able to “cut it” for me, so I started researching both how skin care products were made, and the composition of people’s skin. Read more>>
Sherida DeFrance
I originally started DeFrance Style as a fashion stylist back in 2002 after being laid off from a job in the financial industry. I was given some great advice to take some time off and breathe instead of looking for another job and I took heed of it. I was working as a part-time as a receptionist on Saturdays at Tom Harris Hair Salon for many years. Read more>>
Destiny C. Kilgore
Limitless Influences Designs was started and founded by Destiny C. Kilgore in the year of 2017. The name was selected based upon the passion for being able to influence others in this world positively. Having such a strong and meaningful name took time of praying on it and just letting it sit and marinate. Read more>>
Maxie McClintock
I am an Alabama-born actress and producer, best known as Alice in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.” I am currently in Season 1 of Ozark on Netflix. I recently landed a role opposite Sanaa Lathan and Lyriq Bent in the Netflix film “Nappily Ever After,” and am set to star as the Queen of Sheba in Gino Payne’s series “Half UnTold.” Read more>>
Allison Hall
I graduated from SCAD Savannah with a BFA in illustration and initially thought I would go on to be a children’s book illustrator. While I would still love to do that one day, I found myself falling into the wedding industry. Read more>>
Christopher Brown
The primary reason I even considered working with SAE, was due to a recent layoff from my prior job, in Admissions and Recruitment, where I worked for close to 7 years, helping students reach their educational and career goals. Read more>>
Chris Fitzgerald
I grew up on the southside of Atlanta off Cascade Road, but starting around 3rd grade I began going to school up in the Dunwoody area where my parents perceived the schools to be better than what was provided in the area we lived in. Read more>>
Fabian Williams
I’ve always worked on my art outside of my main job as an art director. After I left my last contract job, I decided to focus on doing my personal art since the things I cared most about, social and political issues, I wasn’t doing at work. Read more>>
Liz Lapidus
I founded my PR firm 20 years ago after working at an agency and Turner Entertainment. Atlanta had just hosted the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, and it was a really exciting time to be here. The city was booming and I was lucky to land some really great clients right out of the gate. Read more>>
