It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day, but it’s important to stop and ask: what’s the end goal? Knowing where you are trying to go is step one in getting there and so we’ve asked some folks we admire to tell us their end goal and where they want to be by the end of their careers.

Kimi Gao

I grew up wanting to be a manga artist—draw stories, not just pictures. Eventually, I found tattooing, and realized skin could be my canvas. But I never left that narrative impulse behind. My tattoos aren’t just anime characters—they’re structured compositions, almost like posters: layered, geometric, dense with emotion and symbolism. Read More>>

Ashley Lindsay

While I am definitely open to a wide variety of possibilities of where my comedy career could take me, it has been a lifelong dream of mine to write and/or perform for a show like SNL. Every year I was in school (from first grade to my senior year of high school), some friends and I would get together to write our own original skits and perform them in the talent show; so from a very early age, I knew I loved being a goofball on stage.  Read More>>

Cristian Faxola

My ultimate goal as a dance teacher and choreographer is to share the knowledge and joy of dance while helping to preserve and pass on its cultural roots to future generations. I’m passionate about keeping the spirit of dance alive, not just as an art form but as a way to connect people and communities. I look forward to joining the faculty of a major dance convention and expanding my reach by teaching internationally—bringing my style, experience, and love for dance to students around the world. Read More>>