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Guapo’s Tales is a children’s book series by Janet Zappala, a multiple Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and award-winning author. The books star Guapo, a real 3,000-pound steer and gentle giant who serves as the series’ goodwill ambassador. Each story draws on true animal rescue experiences to teach children kindness, compassion, patience and understanding, and to encourage a love of readin...

America’s CPA is a Charlottesville, Virginia, offering tax preparation and nonprofit financial services, with virtual service available nationwide. Founder Brad Jacobs is a licensed CPA with more than 25 years of tax experience who started the firm after seeing everyday Americans turned away by large accounting firms focused on high net worth clients

Dolly Colby is a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Stanford University. Over more than two decades in health care, she has worked in labor and delivery, medical weight loss, IV wellness therapy and bio-identical hormone therapy, and she is currently working as a travel nurse

Shirley Scott is a psychic with many years of experience helping solve the dilemmas of people and pets. She is warm, friendly, honest and professional. She has published several books on helping deal with ghosts and demons, talking to spirits, and talking to animals

Scott H. Silverman is a San Diego crisis coach and the founder of Your Crisis Coach, an outpatient treatment program

Ken Clapp is a noted businessman, entrepreneur and motorsports executive. He is an iconic figure in American short track racing and the long-time co-owner of Stockton 99 Speedway. His legacy spans more than 6 decades. His contributions shaped the industry, particularly for the expansion of NASCAR to the West Coast and abroad. Ken has also been inducted into The West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame an...

Karen Kimble runs her own law practice that empowers scientists and other technical professionals in gaining patents for their discoveries. Technology Law PLLC, established in 2004, is a high-level specialty legal service that supports the needs of small businesses and solo inventors

Gonzalez, Tullio & Blache, LLC, is a personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm based in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Co-founder Michelle M. Tullio has been practicing law for over 32 years, with a background that includes a judicial clerkship in Union County and years of work on both sides of civil litigation

Yael Lazar is an attorney, author, entrepreneur, and founder of EMBER. She is also affectionately known as “The IRS Angel”

Lorri Jackson is a registered nurse who works in palliative and end-of-life care in Utah, where her role as a hospice case manager includes nurse educator, goals-of-care conversations with patients and families, and advance care planning

Gonzalez, Tullio & Blache, LLC, is a personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm based in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Co-founder Michelle M. Tullio has been practicing law for over 32 years, with a background that includes a judicial clerkship in Union County and years of work on both sides of civil litigation

Barbara Boldt is the owner of Boldt Global -- a rare type of coaching practice specifically oriented to people’s ability to craft and deliver messages with enhanced confidence and power. Many of her clients are business leaders who need to motivate and persuade

Tammy Powder is a mother of four, author, children’s book author, public speaker, meditation teacher, Spiritual writer and mental health advocate. She has built her life's work around a deeply personal message: we need to care for ourselves as deeply as we care for the people we love

ANFS Studio is a Sunnyvale, California, art education business founded by Shubhada Zunjarwad. The studio offers painting and drawing instruction to students ranging from young children to adults, hosts community workshops at venues such as the Sunnyvale Public Library, and shares behind-the-scenes lessons through its YouTube channel and Instagram accounts @artnfunwithshubhs

Dr. Catherine Oleksiw (a. k. a. Dr. O) is the founder of Measured Transitions, a coaching and consulting practice. She also is a skilled educator, speaker, coach, and trainer with expertise in research, assessment, and evaluation and in building the capacity of clients to adapt and survive in any business climate

Maureen Hughes is an investigative journalist and author whose books draw on years of investigation and decades of firsthand reporting on organized crime and overlooked American history

William “Billy” N. Martin is president of Think Tank Project LLC and SAFR LLC (Simplify Advanced First Response). His work explores human decision-making, adaptive capacity, predictive processing, agency, and the conditions from which safety and performance emerge

Donna Goestenkors, founder and CEO of Team Med Global (TMG), is a nationally recognized leader in the Provider Lifecycle profession. For nearly five decades, she has worked to advance the professionals and processes that support physicians and advanced practice professionals throughout their careers

Through Lotus Flower Design, Suzan Choi Seluzte Lee is a holistic transformational coach and practitioner who helps individuals explore the relationship between their inner and outer worlds

Ada Family Health Clinic is a Houston based practice offering compassionate primary care and advanced wound care, founded by nurse practitioner Tashiba Williams, DNP. The clinic serves patients throughout Texas and Louisiana, combining holistic, patient centered primary care with a mobile wound care program that reaches patients in homes and residential care settings. Ada Family Health Clinic also...

Founded by attorney Kathy Minella, the Minella Law Group, APC, is a woman-owned family law firm based in San Diego, with a second office serving Orange County. The firm handles divorce, custody, support, adoption, guardianship, fertility and surrogacy contracts, military divorce, domestic violence matters and mediation, with an emphasis on settlement over litigation whenever it serves a client’s s...

Tammy Powder is a mother of four, author, children’s book author, public speaker, meditation teacher, Spiritual writer and mental health advocate. She has built her life's work around a deeply personal message: we need to care for ourselves as deeply as we care for the people we love

Shannon Eastwood is a certified yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner and sound bath facilitator and founder of Our Lotus Society, based in Richmond, Virginia

Francine Jackson is a staff astronomer at the Ladd Observatory. The Ladd Observatory has operated in Providence, Rhode Island, since 1891, offering free weekly open houses to the public. Its original telescope and hand operated dome remain in daily use, giving visitors a chance to view the night sky through equipment largely unchanged since the Victorian era

Harmony Vallejo is a keynote speaker and creator of The Alignment Code™, a framework for making decisions from clarity rather than pressure. She is currently developing “All Is Well,” a transformational book exploring identity, alignment, resilience and the belief that our outcomes do not define us. She also leads a nationwide organization that helps nonprofits build community outreach and public...