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.
Meredith Boas
I’ve wanted to be an artist for as long as I can remember. Art and books were my safe haven growing up, and I gravitated toward every creative outlet I could find, as well as the people who shared those passions. Creativity wasn’t just something I enjoyed; it became the lens through which I viewed the world. Read more>>
Lucas Witt
I have always enjoyed making a difference. From coaching little league soccer in High School to leading games at Summer Camps, challenge, teaching, struggle, and progress were what I always wanted to experience alongside other people. When I arrived in St Louis to start my Biblical Studies, my route into helping people just clicked into place. Read more>>
aquilah headspeth
Hi, I’m Aquilah Headspeth, a 34-year-old hairstylist, entrepreneur, and owner of Lockreationz Hair Studio in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally from the DMV area, I relocated to Baltimore in 2017 to further pursue my career in the beauty industry and grow my business. Hair has been my passion since I was 10 years old. Read more>>
Kindra Bullock
Entrepreneurship has always been a part of who I am. After high school, I started trying different businesses, and one thing I always realized was that I loved creating. I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands, using my imagination, and bringing ideas to life. One of the businesses I started was a baking company called *Sweet As Honey Cakes*. Read more>>
Alicia Hoff
I grew up on a dairy farm! I was enrolled in my local 4H group where I showed dairy cattle and livestock. In 4H you can submit arts, crafts, photography, baked goods, and more into the local county fairs contests! Read more>>
Sabrae Neither
I started my barbering journey in 2011 at just 19 years old when I enrolled in barber school. At the time, I honestly thought it would only be something I did part-time, but once I got into the industry, I realized it was truly my passion. Read more>>
Cassidy Coates
I am originally from Baltimore, and I majored in history while playing Division II field hockey at Limestone College in South Carolina. When I moved back to Maryland, I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do. I processed mortgages for awhile, then I worked online for a private investigator. Read more>>
Robert Giron
Our journey began in 1996 with a dream: to bring Guatemala’s national instrument, the marimba, to this country. It took an entire year to have it handcrafted in Guatemala and shipped here by air, but it was worth every moment of the wait. From there, I formed Marimba Linda Xelajú with the people closest to my heart, my own family. Read more>>
Danielle Naylor
My journey into the event world didn’t start with design palettes, but behind the scenes of large-scale audio-visual production, where managing high-stakes conferences taught me how to keep a calm, steady hand when coordinating a million moving pieces. Read more>>
Janan Gohari
I began my journey in medicine with a commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care, building my career through years of training and practice in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine. Recently, I recognized the growing need for a more personalized, integrative, and forward-thinking approach to healthcare—one that prioritizes prevention, longevity, innovation, and whole-person wellness rather than simply treating disease, and patients like a number. Read more>>
Ray Glasgow
I began my journey in the construction and restoration industry at 18 years old. Early on, I worked for a restoration company where I gained hands-on experience in many areas of the trade and developed a strong foundation in the industry. That experience taught me the importance of hard work, attention to detail, and building relationships with clients through quality service. Read more>>
Emoni Smith
In 2020, I didn’t start EKS Consulting because I had a five-year plan. I started it because my manager asked me to help launch her apparel business, and something just clicked. It was 2020. I was working full-time as an admissions counselor, taking free digital marketing certificates in my spare time because I was curious. I wasn’t thinking ‘entrepreneur.’ I was just learning. Read more>>
Tiffany Adams
For my entire working career I have always worked with people. I spent 15+ years in food and hospitality, everything from serving to managing. Having a child at a younger age, it was always important to have a flexible work schedule. Through everything, I always had a passion for the beauty industry. Read more>>
Victoria Eyland
With over 30 years in the fashion and sports apparel industries, movement has always been at the center of my life — from swimming and ballet to competitive horseback riding. After a series of neck and shoulder surgeries, even everyday movement became a challenge. In 2017, I discovered Reformer Pilates, and what began as a personal path to healing quickly became a passion. Read more>>
Effy Liu
I started learning the 琵琶 pipa when I was a child. One day, my parents took me to a traditional Chinese music concert, and I was immediately captivated by the beautiful performer sitting center stage with a pipa in her arms. She looked so elegant and confident. From that moment on, I knew I wanted to play the pipa. Read more>>
Jentastic Arts
I thought myself balloons animals with a book back in 2001. I twisted balloons in restaurants for tips and someone asked if I could be clown for a birthday party. I didn’t know anything about magic all I know was dancing. I just said yes and I got more and more requests. I became known as Jen Jen the dancing clown. Read more>>
Teonna Green
My story started with wanting to create a space where women could feel confident ,comfortable and cared for. I became a licensed esthetician in 2021 and later became a licensed massage therapist because I’ve always had a passion for beauty , self care and helping people feel good about themselves. Love Thy Self Beauty Bar was built from passion . Read more>>
Eric Philcox
I started my career as an entrepreneur in the art digitization industry. I founded my own company, grew it over the years into a solid business, and we worked with some really interesting clients in cultural heritage and other sectors. Read more>>
Dmitrii Boikov
My name is Dmitrii, and I moved to the United States about three and a half years ago. Like many people who come here, I was very inspired and impressed by the opportunities, and I really wanted to build something of my own. My background has always been in construction. Read more>>
Cameron Korb
The Frederick Catoctones started in 1967, and in a lot of ways, we’re still doing the same simple thing we started with: getting people together to sing. We’re a non-profit, men’s barbershop chorus based in Frederick, Maryland. We sing four-part harmony with no instruments — just voices. One guy sings the melody, and the other parts wrap around it until the chord locks in. Read more>>
Jared Stape
Growing up, I watched my family go through something that I think a lot of people recognize but nobody really talks about. My grandmother developed Alzheimer’s, and what followed was one of the hardest stretches my family ever went through. Read more>>
Kavita Sahai
Fashion. Sustainability. Philanthropy. By profession, I am an attorney dedicated to public service within the Federal Government. At heart, however, I am a fashionista driven by creative expression. My legal journey began with a definitive spark: a tenth-grade field trip to the Supreme Court. Read more>>
Donnell Morgan
My journey into construction and business ownership did not begin in construction at all — it began in telecommunications, IT support, and eventually IT management. I spent years working in structured corporate environments, learning customer service, communication, problem solving, systems management, and leadership. But my life changed completely after my wife and I were blessed with twins. Read more>>
Marvin Marquez
My father originally started the company, so landscaping has always been more than just a business to me — it’s something built on family, hard work, and pride in the community. When I took over, I wanted to honor the foundation he created while also taking the company in a new direction. Read more>>
Ana Sorto Watson
I’m a gifter. I love giving people meaningful gifts. One day, I wanted to give my mom a chocolate covered strawberry arrangement for her birthday. Being a single mother, I had to work something out, on a budget. So I made it myself! I dipped the strawberries and put them in a basket with flowers. And when my mom got her gift, she cried. Read more>>
Cameron Harris
My career started in video production, and I was a producer at Warner Bros. Discovery, where I spent nearly a decade learning what it takes to make high-quality video content at scale. That experience gave me a strong foundation, but it also made me want to build something of my own. In 2023, I co-founded Purple Donut Studios with my business partner Brian Munday Jr. Read more>>
STEPHEN QUANDER
I grew up believing that hard work was the answer to almost every problem. That belief shaped my life and ultimately my career. After studying business at the University of Maryland, I began building a career in retail leadership, learning firsthand that success is rarely about products or processes alone. It is about people. Read more>>
Stephanie McFarland
I have provided healthcare for over 28 years to the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland with the majority of the time, 24 years, at the small rural McCready Hospital in Crisfield, MD. Here is where I moved through the transitions of nursing assistant, registered nurse, supervisor, administration, then returning to bedside nursing while completing my Family Nurse Practitioner degree in 2015. Read more>>
ROXANNE MCGANN
RDT Care Services LLC isn’t just a business—it’s a story of purpose, compassion, and answering a calling. Founded by me Roxanne McGann, my journey began far from where I am today. Originally from Jamaica and later living in New York, I built a career in the corporate world. But something was missing. Read more>>
Susan D. Rich, MD, MPH, DFAPA
I am a board certified child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist operating a private practice in a home office in Potomac, MD since March 2006 and a nonprofit green care farm animal sanctuary founder since May 2016. Originally from North Carolina, I completed my undergraduate degree in microbiology at N.C. Read more>>
Patria Hogan
My name is Patria Hogan, and I am the owner of Kings and Queens Products and Alliance Home Care. My entrepreneurial journey has been driven by a passion for helping others improve their quality of life, whether through self-care or compassionate caregiving. Kings and Queens Products was born from a personal need. Read more>>
Victoria Walsh
I (Vickie) – am a retired disabled combat Army Veteran and retired federal employee who served 25 years in the Cyber security Arena. Brian is a Marine Corps Veteran who has recently retired from Data Center development work as a contractor for the government. Read more>>
Ms.Icon
I have always been creative. Art has never been something I felt I had to try at, it is my escape. I started writing raps in 2023, just for fun. As time went on I realized that I was actually reallygood at it so, I started writing my own songs. Read more>>
Kattariya Klinbooppha
I am originally from Thailand and now based in the Washington, DC area, where I run my photography business. My path was not perfectly planned, but it has always been led by connection, creativity, and care for people. Read more>>
Morgan Jackson
I started my business during a season of my life where I was figuring out how to juggle single motherhood, being a full-time employee and student all while still providing for my family, physically and emotionally. I felt as though i was just surviving day by day, not really enjoying the moments in time with my friends and family that mattered the most. Read more>>
Ashley Smith
When I first walked into a yoga class, I had no idea it would eventually lead me to opening a yoga studio. At the time, I was a mom of two young kids, carrying extra weight, struggling with anxiety, and honestly feeling pretty disconnected from myself. I wasn’t someone who saw myself as a “yoga person,” but something about the practice kept bringing me back. Read more>>
Jessica Braider
In my mid- to late-twenties I worked with sexual assault survivors. It was incredibly meaningful work, but also immensely emotionally taxing. When I got pregnant with my first son, I knew that I couldn’t do that work anymore, so I shifted to non-profit consulting. Read more>>
JP Vasquez
I’ve been doing this kind of work for about twenty years. It started with a data entry job at a small agency in Florida. I kept asking for more, and they kept handing it to me, so I picked up creative design, then web development, and became a Flash developer back when that was the cutting edge. Read more>>
Jessi Full
I started my photography career when my daughter was born. I loved taking photos of her and that turned into taking photos for fun for family and friends. After that first year I decided to take my passion for photography full time and now here I am over 10 years later. Read more>>
Agata Topolewska
My journey to AGA Creative Studio is a bit of an unexpected one. By day I work in cybersecurity. I have spent over a decade in the field holding roles in federal compliance and working with major government contractors in the DMV area. But somewhere along the way I started noticing a problem that had nothing to do with cybersecurity. Read more>>
Marsha Johnson
My journey has been built on faith, perseverance, and a commitment to helping others succeed. For more than two decades, I have worked in contracts administration, procurement, pricing, and business operations, supporting both government contractors and commercial organizations. Throughout my career, I gained extensive experience managing complex contracts, ensuring compliance, negotiating agreements, and helping businesses navigate challenging operational and regulatory environments. Read more>>
Christine Kalu
My name is Christine Kalu, and I’m a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. I truly believe every step of my journey led me to where I am today. My story can be summed up in one word…grace! From a young age, I always knew I wanted to help people and work in healthcare. Read more>>
Dawyn Majett
I began my journey in permanent makeup (PMU) about four years ago, driven by a passion to enhance natural beauty and help others feel more confident in themselves. Read more>>
adina crawford
Late Bloomer that is still Blooming My wellness journey began later in life, and that’s what makes it so meaningful to me. I wasn’t always the person leading yoga classes, emceeing races, building community through movement, or inspiring others to prioritize their health and well-being. I grew into this space through personal transformation, resilience, and a deep desire to move with purpose and authenticity. Read more>>
