We asked some of the most creative folks we know to open up to us about why they chose a creative career path. Check out their responses below.

Lori Goldstein

Lori Goldstein: At a young age, I always found myself drawn to creative pursuits. I loved making things – not display-worthy items – but crafted items strewn together from the imagination…crafts, costumes, coming up with ideas for themed celebrations. While I never considered myself an artist in the traditional sense, I always enjoyed being surrounded by materials in art studios, artworks in museums and galleries, and people who were creatives in spirit if not in practice. These interests eventually morphed into a pursuit to study visual culture through an art history degree, and professional opportunities arose from those pursuits.  Read More>>

Robin Berndt

I feel all my careers have all been creative careers. My journey now as an Author is a compilations of everything that has brought me to this point. I wish to share with others, what has helped me most. There came a time where I had to stop identifying and listening to the outside world, instead I went within. This allowed me to find my true self, my true purpose and this is where I am right now, in my life. Read More>>

Kimberly Xiong

When I was growing up, I feel that I’ve always been surrounded by art. I would make drawings for my friends a lot and ask my dad or uncle to help me improve my skills. I was even writing at a young age, constantly coming up with these kid stories which then progressed into more teen fiction stories as I reached high school. I believe it was only during my senior year of high school that I took photography more seriously. Before that, I was taking those “aesthetic” pictures and using VSCO to edit them. Read More>>

Quang Nguyen

When I was a teenager, I saw the infomercial about the book, “Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You To Know About,” by Kevin Trudeau. The basic premise of the book is that there are natural and cheap cures out there for a lot of common ailments that Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about because it would destroy their business model. So after reading the book and being outrage by the corruption in the main stream medical industry, I was inspired to do something with natural medicine, which ultimately became my massage career Read More>>