weVENTURE HerStory Podcast

This story is about stepping into a new role, learning an entirely different industry, and building something bigger by combining strengths. Colleen Arambula spent 15 years as a school teacher before transitioning into entrepreneurship and helping grow DC Roofing and DC Marine Construction into a 50+ person company alongside her husband. While her husband brought expertise in roofing, Colleen brou...

In this powerful episode, Alexis McGuire shares her raw journey from sudden loss to resilient leadership after stepping into the CEO role of Nationwide Medical Licensing at just 20 years old. With minimal experience and immense pressure, she navigated rapid pandemic growth, major client losses, layoffs, leadership missteps, and the very real fear of not making payroll. Along the way, Alexis was fo...

In this episode, we sit down with Pam Guldi, founder of MotherLove Massage, to talk about a pivotal moment in her 35-year journey in the healing arts—and the hard lesson she learned about trusting her instincts. During a period of rapid growth of her practice that specializes in prenatal and perinatal care, Pam entered a business partnership with misaligned values. Caught up in the momentum of exp...

Kayla Adamson’s story is one every female small business owner needs to hear. From a childhood shaped by her mother’s addiction, along with homelessness and foster care, to serving as a Deputy Sheriff and becoming a successful realtor, Kayla has intentionally built a life and business rooted in resilience, empathy, and purpose. Today, she is a licensed broker and the founder of The Lime List Group...

Part Two begins with a founder’s reality check: Meghan Wolfgram has just bought out her business partner, sold out of inventory, and doesn’t have enough cash to fund her next production run. For the first time, she must raise capital. Then comes an unexpected Shark Tank opportunity — and Lori Greiner’s Golden Ticket. But the real test begins after the spotlight fades, when Meghan realizes the prod...

Before Shark Tank, before investors, before scaling — Meghan Wolfgram was just a recent graduate building a homemade lure coursing machine in her dad’s garage so her dog could run. What started as a simple act of inclusion turned into community events, growing demand, and the early foundation of Swift Paws. In this episode, Meghan shares how years of grassroots validation, customer feedback, and s...

Stacey Clark, RN, co-founder of Virtuous Senior Living and Nested Story Assisted Living, shares her 30-year journey in senior living, starting at age 15 as a volunteer playing piano for residents. From nursing director to executive director, to a national leadership role, Stacey saw firsthand what it takes to create real quality care, and where the system falls short. In this episode, she reveals...

Twelve years ago, Sarah Smith left a secure aerospace career while pregnant to become a stay-at-home mom and start a small side hustle. That side hustle became Southern Caramel, now an internationally awarded gourmet caramel brand selling on Amazon. In this episode, Sarah shares the journey of building her dream alongside her father as her business partner, and navigating the bittersweet tension o...

“No one has to do this alone—and it shouldn’t cost anything just to ask a question.” In this episode of HerStory , co-hosts Darcy Manning and KyAlea Monma sit down with Dr. Kathryn Rudloff , Executive Director of weVENTURE Women’s Business Center , to unpack what real support looks like for women entrepreneurs. From idea to launch to scaling and exit, Kathryn shares how weVENTURE’s federally funde...

HerStory is the podcast where we share the real, behind-the-scenes journeys of founders who are shaping Florida's Space Coast and Treasure Coast communities. Hosted by founders Darcy Manning and KyAlea Monma, each episode feels like a coffee shop conversation, honest, empowering, and deeply relatable. We sit down with founders and small business leaders to talk about where they started, what they’...