Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Lynn VanderWielen, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) | Founder & CEO

Intentional and thoughtful identity development for multiracial kids is complex. Samahra is dedicated to multiracial families to support healthy, positive, and celebrated identity development and to support a world where multiracial individuals are seen, valued, and loved for who they are today and who they will be tomorrow. Read more>>

Zo Azubuike | Mortgage Broker

Providing a better. more affordable way for consumers to get a home loan, and providing a better, more rewarding way for loan officers to work! Read more>>

Karen Smith | Photographer and Designer

I think my greatest accomplishment in social impact was getting hired by a live event production company in Los Angeles to photograph behind the scenes at some of LA’s biggest charity events. While there were press photographers handling the red carpet, I was to capture candid moments, celebrity speakers and presenters on stage, backstage moments, live performances, and the guests arriving and mingling. These events included a fundraiser gala for the ABC Foundation (Associates for Breast & Prostate Cancer) hosted by Taye Diggs with musical guest Bret Michaels at the Beverly Hilton. Read more>>

Cindi Madsen | USA Today Bestselling Author

Over the past few years, we’ve seen how tumultuous and stressful life can be. And during those times, I think it’s more important than ever to have a book you can escape into and know that there will be a happy ever after at the end. Read more>>

Laura Cascardi | Director and Founder of Equinox Center of Herbal Studies

My business is rather layered. We have an herbal education center, workshops, one on one consultations and an associated herb shop with bulk herbs and herb crafting supplies. One of the important pieces in business for me is to help create community and accessibility within herbalism. I have a reading nook where one can drink a free cup of hot tea and study and host hands-on classes that are free of charge for the public. Read more>>