The heart of our mission is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our communities. In the recent weeks, we’ve had the privilege to connect with some incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with the incredible group below. Check out our favorite stories from across the Voyage family.
Kelli Bearden
I began my nursing career in 2018 at a 176-bed rehabilitation and long-term care facility. From there, I worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings until the COVID-19 pandemic shifted my perspective on patient care. I realized I wanted to offer something more—something that could truly improve my patients’ quality of life beyond traditional clinical care. Read more>>
Corinne Schaffer
From an early age, I was drawn to flowers. My mom and grandmothers maintained thriving gardens, and I spent many spring and summer days helping plant and care for them at our home in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. Gardening was a joy, and I remember anticipating the first blooms of each season. Read more>>
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Brad Sanders
My journey to opening Legion Dog & Cat Supply really started with my own dogs. A few years ago, we lost our three-year-old mastiff to lymphoma. That experience forced me to take a hard look at what I was feeding my pets and what I actually knew about pet nutrition. I realized that, like a lot of pet owners, I had trusted marketing over ingredients. Read more>>
Saxton Keitt
I was born in Macon, GA, on December 7, 1997. My father, Tony Keitt, passed away from cardiomegaly when I was just a year old, an event that ignited my interest in medicine. My desire to pursue medicine stems from a wish to help save someone else from growing up without a parent. Read more>>
Matthew Lowell
I am the guitarist and one of three songwriters for a rock band called Bad Island Easter. Read more>>
Kylie Van Meter
I started Kylie Interiors as an ambitious, passionate design student back in 2019. I have always loved interior design, construction, and the home. My business was born in California where I grew up, and in 2021 I relocated and started over in Nashville. Read more>>
JIm Tjoflat
I worked in a fiberglass shop while I was pursuing a career in music in my twenties. I bought the shop in 1995. I sold the shop in 2005. I didn’t know what i was going to do after that. I found out that 4 Sixes Liquor Store was for sale in the fall of 2005. Read more>>
Nataliya Pidkovka
My journey in Karate began in Ukraine in 1993, when I was a young student drawn to the discipline, structure, and quiet strength of traditional Shotokan. Over the years, I had the privilege of training under world renowned instructors, including Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa of SKIF and Sensei Teruyuki Okazaki of ISKF/JKA. Read more>>
Angie Gambill
I actually started my career as a full-time graphic designer. Creativity has always been part of who I am, but photography—especially weddings—quickly became my first love. There was something about telling a story through images that completely captured me. As the couples I photographed began growing their families, my world was growing too. Read more>>
Martha Morales Purucker
I was born and raised in Mexico City, where I first trained as a chef before discovering my true passion — glass art. Since 2014, glass has become my language of expression, blending color, texture, and light through fused glass, stained glass, and mosaic work. Every new technique I learn deepens my connection to this craft and to the people I share it with. Read more>>
Kristine Moore
I have both loved and been fasinated by horses for as long as I can remember. Finally, after a lifelong passion for riding and horsemanship, I turned my dream into reality buying a small farm in southern Williamson County. I began dedicating myself to teaching and sharing the joy and wonder of these amazing animals with others. Read more>>
Nicole Bryl
Nicole Bryl began her makeup career in fashion at the age of 14 when her mom, a well respected hair stylist, makeup artist and clothing stylist recognized her daughter’s love and talent for painting, makeup and beauty and began training Nicole in their kitchen at home to apprentice her on photoshoots and commercials in New York City. Read more>>
Alec MacGillivray
I started writing songs and playing music while I was in college playing football. I ended up back and forth from Nashville during my senior year, and was playing a ton of shows during that time as well. That same year I released my first music as an artist, so thats kind of where the whole thing started. Read more>>
Irita Reagan
Hi! Thank you for the kind introduction and I would love to! My photography journey really started when I was about ten years old but I didn’t have the opportunity to learn it professionally until about eight years ago. My approach was learning as much as possible about photography through various mediums. I purchased my first camera,(Canon Rebel T1) and bought a 50 mm lens. Read more>>
Kimberly Kimble-Butler
Photography first started as something I did because I loved how a single image could hold a feeling. I never expected it to turn into a career. While living in Las Vegas, I found myself taking more and more photos for friends, then friends of friends, and eventually people I had never met. Read more>>
Troy Holden
So how does a lifelong manufacturing guy end up becoming a voice actor, UGC creator and Tik Tok Shop affiliate? It all goes back to being a kid who wanted to be in radio and who walked into college thinking it was what he wanted to do and then finding out how broke he would be. Read more>>
Lisa Westrick
My journey into this work began during a season when my body and energy were asking me to slow down. I was experiencing deep burnout while also recovering from a major injury that required months of physical therapy. Traditional care supported my physical healing, but it didn’t fully address the lingering pain and emotional exhaustion I was carrying. Read more>>
Beth Affolter
I have been creating art for as long as I can remember. In fact, at four years old, I famously drew a crayon mural of my entire neighborhood on my bedroom wall while I was supposed to be napping. Thankfully, my parents recognized that creative spark and nurtured it, enrolling me in private painting lessons in sixth grade. Read more>>
Christian Stoner
In 2020 the world was in the thick of the Covid pandemic and I was craving change. Working as an administrative assistant, I considered several different avenues for a career pivot and landed on voice acting. As a child I was enamored with being an actress but was very shy and self conscious in front of people and cameras. Read more>>
Kristen Doyle
Web design was never my plan. It just kept showing up. Looking back, the signs were everywhere. I just wasn’t paying attention. I had a different plan in mind. I always say when I look back, I should have known. In 2002, I built my first HTML website for an educational technology class. Read more>>
Kevin Roentgen
Well, I was a little kid growing up in Los Angeles who, fortunately, was exposed to my young parents’ record collection. As a girl, my Irish mom had moved over to South London, England, for school. Later, as a teen she came to the States just in time for the US ‘British Invasion’ of bands like The Rolling Stones arriving on the scene. Read more>>
Adam valentine
I started personal training in 2008 while I finished my undergraduate degree in exercise science. In 2009, while finishing my Masters Degree in Exercise Science, me and my business partner formed Tri Fit Murfreesboro. Over the past 17 years we have been in business serving the community with fitness and various health related training and programming. Read more>>
Andie Lundquist
My name is Andie Lundquist, and I am a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and owner of White House Family Care. My love for medicine started early — my elementary school science project explored how heavy backpacks impact spinal curvature. As a kid, I always knew I was going into healthcare and always dreamed of being in a provider role. Read more>>
Blair Sehrt
I first became involved with Tennessee Alliance for Kids (TAK) in October 2019, after being introduced to the organization by a neighbor. She shared a post about needing help with Christmas wish lists for kids in foster care, so I reached out to learn more and volunteer. I felt drawn to support TAK because foster care is personal to me. Read more>>
Hannah Smith
When I was a kid, I was absolutely convinced I was destined to be a Disney Channel star — until middle school very kindly brought me back down to earth. I never stopped loving music, but somewhere between awkward phases and growing up, I stopped believing I was good enough to really do it. Read more>>
Brystol Kilpatrick
Philip and I started B. Home Co. in a season we never expected. We were both working in emergency medicine when Philip was diagnosed with cancer while we were dating. During treatment, he wasn’t able to continue working in the medical field. Through the diagnosis and everything that followed, we realized staying in that career long term would be difficult. Read more>>
Aaron Keen
I’ve been playing music since I was a teenager, and thankfully, had a number of really good teachers early on. While my first job in high school was bagging groceries, I also taught a few family friends how to play guitar on the side. That’s when I realized how much I like chasing that “lightbulb” moment in a one-on-one lesson. Read more>>
Cassandra Ladzinski
My story really begins with resilience. I was adopted at eight months old, and while I was deeply loved, I’ve always been aware that identity and belonging are powerful themes in my life. I think that shaped me more than I realized growing up—it gave me independence, but it also gave me a deep desire to create spaces where people feel cared for and seen. Read more>>
Shelby Sanders
4 years ago I was working as a director of HR and just not loving my job. I had a not so great supervisor who was making things even more difficult for me. I had started taking pictures of friends and family for fun and was really enjoying that and using it as a fun outlet outside of work. Read more>>
Brandy & Monica Cates & Camacho
We started our journeys separately — both passionate about hair, skin, and creating meaningful client experiences. Over time, we realized we shared something deeper than just a profession. We shared a vision. We felt our community was ready for something different. Read more>>
Zoe Glassman
My name is Zoë, and I have been obsessed with books my entire life, and that’s not hyperbole. I was named after a book character, Zooey from Franny and Zooey. I have always been fascinated by the journey a book takes. Read more>>
Tony Giannourakis
Opening Portofinos has been a journey deeply rooted in family, heritage, and community. My business partner, Antonio Zakkas, and I are proud to carry on traditions that were passed down to us by our parents long before we ever stepped into leadership roles at the restaurant. Portofinos is both Italian and Greek, reflecting our background and the recipes we grew up with. Read more>>
Kaitlin Cashion
Our story began with a simple but powerful belief: every cat deserves a loving, permanent home — and the chance to show their true personality in a safe, enriching space. In 2019, we opened our doors in East Nashville with a dream of creating something different — a cage-free cat lounge where rescue cats could relax, play, and connect naturally with potential adopters. Read more>>
Kacie Scott
My mother was the CEO of a nine-figure recruiting firm, so you could say Recruiting and HR is in my DNA. After dreaming briefly of being a weather girl, a teacher, and even a PR professional, I landed in an HR internship — and that’s where everything changed. Read more>>
Rebecca Gale
I’ve been a yoga teacher for 17 years studied all over the world lived in India Paris studied music theory in spot is real brought back sound meditation to Nashville seven years ago and have grown the studio and Krystal boutique Settle since then we’ve done event events with Nike Vanderbilt cardiology as well as lots of corporate parties, bachelorette parties, personal experiences, etc. Read more>>
Sarah Atenhan
I spent the early part of my dance career trying to match my peers, pushing my body’s limits for performance. By 30, I had accepted that I had failed—not for lack of talent, but because I was in a constant state of unwell. My loose joints were painfully unstable, and I couldn’t recover from long rehearsals. My conditions were disabling, and no choreographer or doctor could understand or accommodate them. Read more>>
Braden Detelich
On the athletic side, that perseverance led to becoming a World and National Champion, competing as a Division I athlete, and forming lifelong friendships that remain central to who I am. Those experiences instilled discipline, resilience, and a competitive mindset that continues to influence everything I do. Read more>>
