Nicole Fisher is the Founder and CEO at HHR Strategies, a health care and human rights focused advising firm. She is a Senior Policy Advisor for federal and state officials and an expert on health reform. Nicole runs a Health Innovation and Policy page at Forbes highlighting and advising companies, ideas and people that are changing the health care landscape. She is currently finishing her PhD at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. Nicole earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.
Ann Jaimi Alexander is a Tamil Canadian educator and artist living in Vancouver, B.C. She is an avid traveller who has explored 39 countries in search of cultural identity and belonging. She is passionate about food, social justice, mental health and healing through the sharing of stories. Twitter - @annjaimi
Instagram -@alotuslife
Attorney Corey Minor Smith is a thought leader on housing and poverty breaking strategies. She is also a leading social justice advocate for mental health in communities across the nation. Corey produces radio roundtable conversations with youth and community members to discuss ways to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. She is a highly sought-after speaker earning two degrees from Bowling Green State University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Toledo College of Law.
Chrissy Gruninger is the owner of Social [media] Wellness™, offering online business management, marketing and strategy to eco, wellness and socially conscious companies, or as she likes to say, “good people doing good things”. With a graduate degree in sustainable living along with health coaching and yoga certifications, she blends a background in conscious living with her business experience and online marketing knowledge, helping her clients bring their positive messages of well-being and harmony into the world. She lives a wild hearted life in Costa Rica with her two cats, Sunshine y Lluvia.
Kimia Khalvati
Pamela Powell
Pamela Powell is a Chicago area film critic and member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. With a master’s degree from Northwestern and a healthcare background, Pamela gravitates toward films that can better our community and world. From teaching radio broadcasting to having her own radio show on an NPR affiliated station, Pamela shares her unique perspectives about films with her audiences. Currently, Pamela writes for The Daily Journal’s Reel Talk, FF2 Media, and www.reelhonestreviews.com
Kimia Khalvati was born raised in Chicago. Her Persian and Irish roots add to the eclectic influence on lifestyle and career. Throughout her professional career as fitness training professional and health coach, she delivers a vast knowledge of sustainable living techniques. Catering to a multi-dimensional clientele base she believes in many platforms of growth. Kimia is now evolving as an actress now featured in the Netflix drama, BLACK AND privileged. Every mind deserves different avenues of growth and longevity.
July 6, 2020
I fell asleep thinking about The Unknown last night. I thought perhaps it’s just been suffering from a branding problem. “The Unknown” sounds pretty scary, makes my breath catch a little just thinking about it. I wondered if I instead just think of it as “the Mystic,” it may feel entirely different. “Into the Mystic,” yes, that’s so much better to this adventurer’s heart.
Song of the Day: Just Begun, Forest Sun
Read the full adventure and find out where this summer takes us at www.DooWestAdventures.com. It is my hope that my stories inspire you to live your most courageous life, whatever that looks like for you!