Posts tagged worker stories
Jackie Webster, Ghostwriter, New Jersey
April 11, 2024 // Jackie Webster, Ghostwriter, New Jersey Jackie Webster’s professional goal is to be the Woman of 100 Voices. “Right now, 83 people have trusted me with their voices. I’m so close!” she laughs. For nearly a decade, Jackie has made a career out of ghostwriting and editing from her…
Bobby Rodriguez, Advertising and Consulting, Texas
April 11, 2024 // Bobby Rodriguez, Advertising and Consulting Company, Texas Talk for a few minutes with Bobby Rodriguez, and you’ll learn there is no wall between his life and his work. Being a professional creative is far more holistic than that. “Sometimes creativity strikes in the middle of the…
Whitney Munro, Consulting, Texas
April 5, 2024 // When Whitney Munro made the decision to start her own consulting firm, she had flexibility in mind. “I’ve worked in positions where I didn’t have good balance in my life because of the demands of the role. The goal was to prioritize that work-life balance for…
Shelby Kimpel, Digital Media Freelancer, Texas
April 5, 2024 // Shelby Kimpel, Digital Media Freelancer, Texas Shelby Kimpel has always envisioned a life of service. Her desire to help others led Shelby from Pennsylvania, to Florida, and eventually, to a suburb of Houston, TX. While her high-school-sweetheart-turned-husband pursued a doctorate in ministry and became a pastor,…
Tim Hartman, Storyteller, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2024 // Tim Hartman has never known what it’s like to work for someone else. “My dad always worked for himself, so I never had a picture of anything but self-employment. When I started to try to build a career as an actor, a storyteller, a cartoonist –…
Leah Salyards, Freelance Writer, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2024 // Leah Salyards, Freelance Writer, Pennsylvania Leah Salyards doesn’t want to be defined by only one role. “I’m a lot of things—I’m a wife, a mother, a gardener, a pet owner, a worker. I can order my roles—and my loves—in the order that I’m called to, for…
Kaleigh Cunningham, Photographer, Montana
April 5, 2024 // Kaleigh started Adventure Forever Photography because it’s a piece of her own American Dream. “When I’m out doing a photoshoot, or sitting at my desk editing, I’m happy the entire time. There’s no part of me that wishes I was doing something else,” she says.
Emily, Independent Contractor, Louisiana
April 5, 2024 // Emily, Independent Contractor, Louisiana *Due to the nature of her past experience at DOL, Emily has chosen to forgo using her last name or other identifying information, including client names. As an independent contractor, Emily wears a lot of different hats. “Right now I contract with…
Cully Frisard, Trucking Company, Louisiana
April 5, 2024 // Cully Frisard, Trucking Company, Louisiana Trucking is in the blood of the Frisard family. It’s part of who they are. “I was brought up in this business from a very young age,” says Cully Frisard, the owner of Frisard’s Transportation, a family-run trucking company in Louisiana.
Bill McNeely, Ride Share Driver, Arizona
April 5, 2024 // Bill McNeely, Ride Share Driver, Arizona Bill McNeely is 47 years old, and in his third career. He’s served in three branches of the military and led logistics projects for defense contractors. His teams built operating bases for the Department of Justice to investigate Saddam Hussein,…