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.
Natalie Mayes
I’ve always been drawn to design—the process of creating something beautiful from nothing. As a child, I was constantly gathering found materials and turning them into little works of art. Every few years, I’d ask my mom if I could redo my room, and for better or worse, she always said yes. Read more>>
Karen Robinson
Over the years, I built a career centered around leadership development, speaking, coaching, and helping individuals and organizations grow with purpose. For more than 35 years, I have worked with leaders, entrepreneurs, schools, churches, businesses, and communities both in the United States and internationally. Read more>>
Shane McCarrell
Shane McCarrell is a nationally recognized auction professional, entrepreneur, and educator whose career is defined by resilience, leadership, and a relentless commitment to elevating the auction industry. A 100% disabled United States military veteran, Shane served over a decade in both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. Read more>>
Ronda Fields
I grew up learning about how to handle money wisely, but I didn’t always follow those principles. I had to learn some lessons the hard way. I have come back from behind zero twice. Now I am following the principles and am at financial peace. Read more>>
James Danella
My Career began in NYC as a production assistant a long time ago. I fell in love with the industry immediately. Within 5 years i became a producer. A couple of years later I became an executive producer & commercial director as well. i crossed over to the agency side (recruited) to oversee the first web division McCann Erickson called ‘Zentropy Partners’. Read more>>
Gerely Beristain
I’m a first-generation Latina and licensed esthetician who entered the beauty industry right after high school. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, I always admired the dedication and passion that comes with building something of your own, and becoming the first woman in my family to start a business has been incredibly meaningful to me. Read more>>
Adelaide Grace Warinner
I’d like to say my story begins before I had any say in it, rooted in Australia, hence the name Adelaide, and shaped by a childhood moving from continent to continent. I was born in Sydney and spent my early years residing between Hong Kong, Singapore, and eventually the United States. Read more>>
Rosa Castano
My background has always been in Sales, starting off in Medical Equipment sales. I then found myself in a new industry, tourism and hospitality. I cut my teeth at an Entrepreneurial start up and then transitioned to a larger organization in the industry. Read more>>
Alexis DeNay
I was born and raised in Memphis,TN. Since I can remember I’ve had a passion for music and medicine. Throughout adolescence, I always separated my love for the two by focusing my efforts towards obtaining my bachelors degree in natural science and neuroscience from Christian Brothers University and my masters of health sciences from Meharry Medical College. Read more>>
bella and emma burney
The band was created in 2017. It started with just Emma and our oldest sister, Olivia. Three years later Bella joined the band playing bass and singing third part harmonies. After three more years as the trio, our oldest sister left the band and we took a step forward writing and performing our own material as the duo. Read more>>
Raw Proof
E.T and Raw Proof have both respectively ran tv shows as well as long standing quarterly events and radio shows pertaining to HipHop (the worlds most influential culture). Read more>>
Jalesa Hampton
My story has been one of becoming. I experienced loss early in life, and for a long time I think I moved through the world surviving more than truly knowing myself. As I got older, I began realizing that so much of who I was had been shaped by pain, people, and environments that didn’t always reflect who I truly was at my core. Read more>>
Sarah Hardwig
I was born blind and was diagnosed with a rare genetic eye condition at five months old, but that hasn’t stopped me from wanting to pursue my journey in music. I started my singing career in my hometown of Naples, Florida when I was five years old and began coming to Nashville yearly when I was eight. Read more>>
Blake Smith
I grew up in Marietta, Georgia, and headed to the University of Tennessee in 2018. After graduating in 2022 I moved to Nashville, and like a lot of people who land here, I came chasing something I couldn’t quite name yet. I’ve always been drawn to building things. Read more>>
Vanessa Faddoul
My journey really began with a personal challenge. My daily yoga practice was taking a toll on my hair, and I couldn’t find solutions that were both gentle and effective. That experience sparked an idea. Driven by my passion for yoga and wellness, my husband and I built Ahimsa from the ground up. Read more>>
Jocelyn Mathewes
I came to my artwork work through my body. I studied Studio Art and English Literature at Messiah College, and for a long time I made commercial work and artwork the way you’re taught to — responding to the brief, to ideas, to aesthetics, to what felt urgent. Then I got sick for a long time. Read more>>
Cassidy Haubner
I started dancing when I was two years old after my mom put me in my first dance class, and I immediately fell in love with it. From a very young age, I could always picture myself performing on stage. Read more>>
Jordan Martin
My name is Jordan Martin, and I am one of the hosts for The Mom Walk Collective in Dickson, TN. As a postpartum first-time mom, I was craving connection with other moms in the same season of life. After moving back to my hometown of Dickson, I realized I hadn’t really reconnected — or connected — with anyone since moving away. Read more>>
Chantelle Armstead
It started with a deity that I was not supposed to know about. I was in an African Mythology class at the Illustrious NC A&T State University when I read about Oya, the Yoruba orisha of storms, transformation, and the marketplace. Nobody put me on to her. No algorithm. Read more>>
Gabby Cook
I’ve always been drawn to doing creative things, so I knew I wanted to do something creative in my career. I work full-time as a graphic designer, and my husband works full-time in IT. Read more>>
Matthew Grodus
We are beachglass, a 4-piece midwest emo outfit from Grand Rapids, MI. We are slightly new to the West Michigan music scene – our band has been around for just over a year. However, each of our members have been in multiple bands over the course of the last 20 years or so. We love music and love our community! Read more>>
Danashia Bentley
I’ve always been a creative person. In high school, I was the girl doing theatrical makeup for every play. Later, I became a master hair colorist, mixing formulas, painting hair, creating transformations. Creativity was just… part of who I was. Then Covid happened, and life flipped upside down. Read more>>
Kathryn Sego
I started my social media and modeling journey around my sophomore year of high school, i was a model for all of my sophomore and beginning of junior year before i got really really bad acne and so i decided to take to the internet to ask for help and make makeup videos, from there my audience grew and ive been helping people ever since 
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Paige and Senika Allen and Stanley
We have always had a passion for dance individually and that is where we first became friends. Chosen flow was the name that was birthed out of our friendship. At that time, dance was about ourselves but as time went on dance became all about giving Jesus glory. Chosen flow allowed us to stay as one in our passion for dance. Read more>>
Garrison Nuckols
I suppose this chapter of my life began when I came to Nashville from Rockwood, TN in October of 2020 to check into Cumberland Heights, a local inpatient drug addiction treatment center. To get there I had first transitioned from a longtime Mechanical Engineering student, to restaurant worker, to individual completely ravaged by addiction and unable to hold employment. Read more>>
Shana Thornton
In 2012, I founded Thorncraft Publishing, a publishing company dedicated to women authors, especially those from or connected to Tennessee. Read more>>
