The idea: where or how did you come up with it?

Kaitlin Kearby

Baking has always been a part of my life. My mother was an avid home baker – gifting cookies & pies to friends and family for holidays, birthdays etc. She always believed that cooking for someone was the best way to show you care. It wasn’t until I went vegan in 2018 (and gluten-free a few years after) that I really considered baking professionally –  Read More>>

Lindsey Joe Wang

I primarily found inspiration in designing and working with gold jewelry. While I always wore silver growing up, I began to fall in love with how gold enhances the vibrant colors of gemstones and how warmly it complements skin tones. With a focus on solid gold and gold-filled jewelry, I named my studio Sonora + Co after the historic gold rush town of Sonora, California. Read More>>

Cyrus Maroofian

The idea for Water Access To All (W.A.T.A.) has been growing slowly over the past decade. It really started in 2014, when I went to Jamaica during spring break and saw the water crisis firsthand. That experience stuck with me, and when I got back to school, I co-founded Club H2O, which, in hindsight, was the first version of W.A.T.A. We were organizing events, raising awareness, and trying to understand how to actually make a difference. Read More>>