What I Do: Career Stories

Dr. Edward Brodkin is a tenured Professor of Psychiatry at UPenn and a co-author of the bestselling book Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections.

Ann Messer, MD, is an educator and family practice doctor. She’s found One Good Turn, a nonprofit providing global health workers tools and knowledge to build self-sustaining, healthy communities. 

Nic Moe is Data Visualization Engineer at Lumere. He’s worked in a variety of roles in the healthcare world and received his Master's in public health in 2018.

Dave Wells is a Program Manager at Cisco, and was previously at HP for decades as a project and supply chain manager; he holds both a BS in Engineering, an MBA and a PMP.

Alex Lau is a Senior Software Engineer at Mystery Science and has been a programmer for over a decade.

Mindy Jensen is a real estate agent, investor, author in Colorado, and the online community manager for BiggerPockets.com.

Miriam & Candice are co-entrepreneur casting directors in Los Angeles, CA

Daniela Iannello started Milwickee Candles, a luxury candle company during the first month of COVID.

Lisa Kettyle is the COO at Marfa Public Radio (MPR), and has always been involved with her local, artistic community.

Kimber White Erlinger is a co-founder and co-owner of E3 Properties, a real estate brokerage firm she’s run for 12 years. Previously, she was a writer and researcher at National Geographic and Discovery in DC.  

Tanya Grinblat works in the nonprofit fundraising world (aka development).

Diana Chavez works in higher education, heading global university recruiting and promoting diversity and inclusion. 

Alexa Humberson is a special education high school teacher.

Kelly Herrington is a creative filmmaker for charity: water, a nonprofit working to eliminate the water crisis around the world.

Sarah Flores is an HVACR installer and “handy ma'am”, previously she was a plumber’s apprentice and served for 7 years in the Marine Corps.

Julia Moon is the Head of Operations at Seafair. She’s worked at Uber, 2 of the Big 4, and is a recent Wharton MBA grad.

Gunnery Sergeant Harry Ong is a clarinetist in “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band.

Jess Warren is an artistic and creative Product Designer. She started her career as a graphic designer, ran a design consulting business, and taught herself UX/UI. 

Liana Nicklaus is a Senior Design Engineer at Arm. She has both her BS and MS in Electrical Engineering.