The Sandbox Collective

Confidence does not come from other people. It comes from the choices you make. Danielle Fisher is a fashion stylist. Lisa Noble is a makeup artist and the Executive Brand Artisan behind Vivid Visual Solutions. Together they are Leilani's glam squad, and this episode is a real conversation about what it takes to work in your zone of genius as a creative, why saying yes when you are scared matters,...

She found a name on a list nobody recognized. It changed hundreds of girls' lives. Sonya Bernard-Hollins is an award-winning journalist, CEO of Season Press LLC, and founder of the Merze Tate Explorers, a travel writers' organization for girls. While writing about the first African Americans of Western Michigan University, she discovered Merze Tate: the first Black woman to earn a bachelor's degre...

Her son built the walls. She still leads inside them. Janine Seals is the Executive Director of The Black Arts & Cultural Center Kalamazoo, a 40-year-old institution showcasing Black artists in their truest form. This summer she lost her son, the man who did every floor, every wall, and every piece of carpentry in the space she walks into each day. This conversation is about what it means to k...

She built something beautiful out of something that broke her. Emily Ellis is the creative mind behind Nurse SillEE, a character-based health literacy program teaching kids how to care for their bodies, their minds, and each other. She plays five distinct characters; each one built around a different facet of health education. One of them is named Tootie Mill. All of them came from a place most pe...

You’re listening to The Sandbox Collective Podcast , hosted by Leilani Wells . I’m a Creative Director and Content Marketing Strategist, and this show is for the builders. Innovators, creatives, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs creating in real time. Come tap in, get inspired, and move into action. Welcome to The Sandbox . Let’s play.