We asked the community what factors they felt were responsible for their success and we’ve highlighted some of those responses below.

David And Stacie Brown | Proprieters

Collective Coffee was built for the community. Our slogan is to Create, Connect, and Belong. We want our community of customers to know and feel like they have a place to call home. A place that welcomes all.
Collective success is built by our awesome customers and our creative baristas. Our baristas are the backbone of our success. The customers are second to none. The relationships that have been built between our customers and baristas speak to our connect believe. Read more>>

Driving Tomorrow | 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Aiding in Community Development and Alleviation of Poverty

We believe the most important factor contributing to the success of our organization is the teamwork between our board members: Lucille Tagnon, Ria Rana, Surie Guo, and Sree Datla. Our team helps to organize the drives and fundraisers while also inspiring the rest of our community to donate their items. Our passion to work together has helped grow the fundraising drives into impactful initiatives, addressing disparities in educational materials and the school supply gap. Read more>>

Branden Loera | Voice Actor, Director, and Dad

I can attribute it to a few things that have been stalwart in my life (in no particular order):

1. The support of my family (some support is *tenuous* but its there).

2. Mentors. I have 2 of them and I’ll mention them any chance I get – Shawn Gann and Marcus Stimac. They both believed in my ability when no one else would – enough to help nurture it in a sub-category of the acting field I was pretty unfamiliar with, and both gave me resources and opportunities for me to thrive. Read more>>