Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Alfonso Cervera | Assistant Professor of Dance & Choreographer & Dance Activist Performer

Collaborating with Primera Generación Dance Collective (PGDC) and Show Box L.A (SBLA) has helped expand and implement new programming that can reach artists of different backgrounds and identities. The work we do as an organization highlights BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists so that we can build a community that represents what the Los Angeles demographic actually is. PGDC is a dance collective that began in 2015 with the founding members of Alfonso Cervera, Rosa Rodriguez Frazier, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, and Patricia Huerta. Read more>>

Michelle Glantz, Ph.D. | Clinical Psychologist

Mental health includes a total of our physical, mental, and social well-being. Having good mental health impacts various factors of our lives including the ability to have and maintain healthy relationships, cope with everyday stress, maximize our productivity, maintain optimal physical health, and to enhance our quality of life. It’s easy to overlook mental health as a priority as we move through our days mindlessly and quickly, failing to consider how doing this impacts our total wellbeing. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness each year. Read more>>

Kayla Simpson | Holistic Kid’s Teacher

Imagine a world where everyone lives from their heart. Sprouting Spirits core mission is to help children navigate their inner world with love so they can connect deeply with themselves, their community, and our Earth. All across the world teens are constantly striving to be connected through screens, but often avoid “real life” interactions. Childhood depression, anxiety, and suicide rates are increasing at alarming rates. Read more>>