We were fortunate to catch up with some brilliant artists, creatives and entrepreneurs from throughout the Houston area and they share the wisdom with us below.

Karis Lambert

The idea for Her Space Counseling came from my deep passion for creating a practice dedicated to women’s mental health. I saw how often women navigate unique challenges—whether around motherhood, identity, trauma, or health—that aren’t always fully understood or supported in traditional therapy spaces. I wanted to build a place where women feel seen, validated, and empowered as they move through different phases of their lives. Her Space Counseling was born out of this vision: to provide compassionate, specialized care that honors the complexities of being a woman while offering the tools to heal and grow. Read More>> 

Francisco Panesso

Risk is the brushstroke that defines the masterpiece. Leaving a stable job to launch Nexa was a leap, but Denver Colorado’s spirit of reinvention inspired me. It taught me: Calculated risks—rooted in knowing your community’s pulse—aren’t reckless; they’re revolutionary.  Read More>> 

Holly Sisa

I’m inspired by change and wanting to make my community better. If I can make change in one person, then I know that i’m doing something right. Read More>> 

Sean Murphy

I’m inspired by everyday life; there are so many things in our day-to-day lives that can spark creativity. Read More>> 

Kristen Gonzales

Work hard and stay steady. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and dejected when clients take another route or you struggle to find business. Everything ebbs and flows, but staying steady on your path and putting in the work every single day will make all the difference. Read More>> 

Trevor Hall

It didn’t start out as an artistic career. I learned how to weld in high school. Then I started to work as a welder and later started a welding and fabrication business with my dad. As time went on I began getting jobs where I could more creative. I built custom gates, railings, and then sculptures. I really enjoyed the artistic aspects of those jobs so I began making more art in my free time and slowly changed the direction of the business. I’ve always enjoyed making art and have been selling my drawings for quite some time, but never considered it as a career path. However, once I started making sculptures I fell in love with it and find it very fulfilling. Read More>>

David Geddes Foley

In my graduate fellowship at Walking Mountains, the line between work, school, and play was pretty blurry. I worked 40 hours as an educator leading field trips and summer camps for K-8 students, and my graduate coursework, on paper, is separate from that. In reality, the experience was a mesh
-work in which what I learned in class informed my teaching practice, and what I learned from my day-to-day teaching informed my class discussions and assignments. Then of course you I lived onsite with the same people I worked and studied with. We commiserated about work and assignments and explored the mountains in our off-time.  Read More>>