Even if you are from the same neighborhood as someone else, you might still be coming from different places. Where you are from is a complicated question and it elicits complicated, but interesting and thought-provoking responses. We’ve shared some of those responses below.

Rebecca Hummel | Owner, Pitch Karaoke

Interestingly, Jason and I are both from small towns in western North Dakota where both of our families worked in the farming industry. It can be a tough job with lots of inherent risk that is completely out of your control. Read more>>

Krissy Wejebe | Executive Director of the Jose Wejebe Memorial Foundation and President of Spanish Fly Enterprises

I was born and raised in Key West Florida. With a father as a fisherman and a mother as a dolphin trainer my upbringing has everything to do with where I am now. My father had a fishing show called Spanish Fly for 17 years. After he passed we started the Jose Wejebe Memorial Foundation. I still live and breath the coastal lifestyle I was brought up in and raise my two boys just up the road from the house I grew up in. Read more>>

Adrienne Johnson | Business Owner

My family is from Arkansas. We moved to Colorado when I was 5 years old for my dad to attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins Colorado. My dad, Brother Mel, has been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember before it was a popular trend. He owned several businesses before opening Brother Mel’s Southern Style BBQ restaurant. Our barbecue restaurant kept customers coming back for over 30 years. Brother Mel retired in 2013. Read more>>

Darnell Smith | Owner of Grey Goat Transportation

I was raised in Northeast Denver, my parents divorced when I was still in elementary school but they were both still very involved in my upbringing. I have an older brother with whom I’ve always had a close relationship with he’s both very vocal and influential in my life. Despite overwhelming family support I still made some bad and confrontational decisions in my adolescences. Read more>>