The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below. Check out our favorite stories from across the Voyage family.
Matt McKinney
My story originally starts in High School when I switched my main interest from Computer Coding and Web Design to Video Production of which I lucked out at the time our education institution had one of the top Video Production and Local News Broadcast setups in the region of the PNW specifically Kitsap County. Read more>>
Janice Debo
I started my career in sales and marketing in North Carolina over 30 years ago. After relocating to Oregon in 2010, I purchased a business online and ran that for another few years. During the course of running that business I met someone who was instrumental in helping me see that I was always working with people to help them grow their businesses. Read more>>
Hailey Woods
I took photography in high school 11 years ago, and it was something that interested me, but it wasn’t the right time in my life. Ever since I was young, I loved shooting on my family’s camera back when iPhone cameras weren’t good, and I had my own digital camera where I would set up little photoshoots with my friends. Read more>>
Avani Desai
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” This belief has guided every step of my journey—from a young girl in Gujarat, India, to becoming a licensed henna artist and entrepreneur in the United States. I was born and raised in Gujarat as the eldest of five siblings. Read more>>
Dr. Alfonso Brown
A popular notion in the U.S. is that education is a great equalizer. In 2014, I was entering my fourth year of homelessness and decided to test that theory. I started at a technical college. I selected Human Services because the objective of the program focuses on meeting human needs through interdisciplinary knowledge that focuses on prevention as well as remediation of problems. Read more>>
