“I visiting from Italy since 1 week ago. I come here San Francisco, it’s nice.”…

Written by Dijon February 2, 2015

“I visiting from Italy since 1 week ago. I come here San Francisco, it’s nice.” “What are you going to be doing here?” “We came here because of the tech events. We love tech, science, informatics web sites. We want to see the Facebook, Google, all the headquarters where they are located.” “You make tech stuff?” “Not really but… Read More

“What’s the most challenging aspect of raising a family?” “Well your life changes because it’s…

Written by Dijon February 2, 2015

“What’s the most challenging aspect of raising a family?” “Well your life changes because it’s not just about you anymore.” “Was it a hard transition for you?” “No, I think it seems hard when you think about it but when it really happens it easy because it’s a change for good.” “How do you feel like you’ve changed as… Read More

“What are you most grateful for in your life right now?” “My family, my kids.”…

Written by Dijon February 2, 2015

“What are you most grateful for in your life right now?” “My family, my kids.” “What’s your favorite thing about being a dad?” “The special look on my kids face when they see me come home.”… Read More

“I always make eye contact. I look people in the eyes because I judge them…

Written by Dijon February 1, 2015

“I always make eye contact. I look people in the eyes because I judge them by their eyes.” “What can you tell by looking them in the eyes?” “I believe that the wider your eyes, the wider your perspective on things. You have a nice eye shape, like almond eyes, and so do I, and so does almost everyone I hang… Read More

“What’s your dream for your life?” “I have so many. I wanna be able to…

Written by Dijon February 1, 2015

“What’s your dream for your life?” “I have so many. I wanna be able to teach yoga at all the music festivals. I have a lot of different dreams for the different times in my life. I want my own boutique by the time I’m 40. During my 20s and 30s I want to be a traveling yoga instructor. I wanna be… Read More

“So how do you know when you’re losing yourself in a relationship and giving too…

Written by Dijon February 1, 2015

“So how do you know when you’re losing yourself in a relationship and giving too much?” “When you don’t think about yourself. You have things you want to do with you life but you don’t do them because you’re thinking about the other person’s needs. I’ve noticed that givers attract people that come back for more.” “The givers match with the… Read More

“What are you most grateful for right now?” “God.” “What about God?” “His wisdom. I…

Written by Dijon February 1, 2015

“What are you most grateful for right now?” “God.” “What about God?” “His wisdom. I asked for his wisdom. I’m an artist, writer. What can I say, I don’t guide by the left brain all the time or the right brain in my emotions but I have made poor choices sometimes by putting myself 2nd…or sometimes 3rd in my life. Read More

The places we are going isn’t the exact route that’s on my vision board, but…

Written by Dijon January 31, 2015

The places we are going isn’t the exact route that’s on my vision board, but it’s close enough. You know what they say.. ‘nothing goes as we planned’. I am finally seeing something new. And it’s still amazing how this small vision I’ve once had coming to reality. I don’t think nothing is impossible for us to accomplish. I just had a vision,… Read More

“At one point I was dealing through a breakup of a relationship of almost two…

Written by Dijon January 31, 2015

“At one point I was dealing through a breakup of a relationship of almost two years, I was behind in school, unemployed, and a family member was diagnosed with a mental illness. There were times when I had to call the police multiple times a week. It was a very dark point of my life. Sort of lost in a dream and you’re… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about him?” Her - “I like his eyes, and…

Written by Dijon January 30, 2015

“What’s one of your favorite things about him?” Her – “I like his eyes, and his beard, and his butt.”… Read More

“How’d you two get together?” Her - “I was married and looking for a job,…

Written by Dijon January 30, 2015

“How’d you two get together?” Her – “I was married and looking for a job, he interviewed me for where he worked and I was like, ‘This hottie, I’ve gotta be with him’ . My husband was a real big jerk. And since then it’s been us.” Him – “That’s exactly how it happened. She texts me out the blue one… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about him?” Her - “It’s hard to explain. When…

Written by Dijon January 29, 2015

“What’s one of your favorite things about him?” Her – “It’s hard to explain. When I’m around him I feel a very comforting feeling. I feel safe…at home. I don’t know…it’s just my favorite thing.” “And you?” Him – “She’s funny man. She always making me laugh.” Her – “Cause I’m weird.” Him – “She’s really weird.”… Read More

“How’d you two get together?” Him - “She does a bit of modeling and I’m…

Written by Dijon January 29, 2015

“How’d you two get together?” Him – “She does a bit of modeling and I’m a photographer too. We had mutual friends so I got her info and hit her up. When we went to shoot we got stuck in traffic for 4 hours, we got to know each other and hit it off.” “Did you know he was interested in… Read More

“What do you like to do besides read?” “I spend all my time with my…

Written by Dijon January 28, 2015

“What do you like to do besides read?” “I spend all my time with my family. I play taiko drums.” “What’s your dream for your life?” “To do something with theater. I studied acting and I help teach a class for disabled adults. I think that’s what I want to go back to school for. To teach theater and maybe… Read More

“What are you reading?” “Americanah.” “I know that author.” “Yeah, she’s Nigerian. I first heard…

Written by Dijon January 28, 2015

“What are you reading?” “Americanah.” “I know that author.” “Yeah, she’s Nigerian. I first heard about her from the Beyonce song. It took forever to get the book because it was on the New York Times bestseller list and I get all my books from the library. I finally got it and started it yesterday.” “What is it about?”… Read More

“What’s your greatest accomplishment and your greatest challenge?” “Greatest accomplishment is my family love thing.…

Written by Dijon January 27, 2015

“What’s your greatest accomplishment and your greatest challenge?” “Greatest accomplishment is my family love thing. I have twins. I had an older daughter, she was 26 when she passed away from Leukemia. The challenge…being able to be alone. I’m a real social person. I’m often around people and now that I’m retired I have to figure out what I wanna do. There’s… Read More

“I’m a San Francisco native. I’m retired. I used to be a systems analyst. My…

Written by Dijon January 27, 2015

“I’m a San Francisco native. I’m retired. I used to be a systems analyst. My husband is a print maker and I’m around the arts a lot.” “What do you like to do in your free time now that you’re retired? What keeps you going?” “Gardening, music, art.”… Read More

“What’s your dream?” “My dream is to see a world where men and women, people…

Written by Dijon January 26, 2015

“What’s your dream?” “My dream is to see a world where men and women, people of all races, creeds, and colors contribute equally and add value to the world.” “What’s the thing you’re struggling with the most right now?” “Starting a business that actually makes my dreams come forth to empower people.” “What do you need to make your… Read More

“It’s not so much about seeing God, people get hung up on that a lot.…

Written by Dijon January 25, 2015

“It’s not so much about seeing God, people get hung up on that a lot. It’s about feeling Him. I liken it to luck. You cannot see luck, but you can sense the feeling of being lucky. It’s all about the feeling. So to go back to your question, my purpose is to embody that feeling and be a role model.”… Read More

“What’s your purpose?” “This might be a strange concept for you to understand, but God…

Written by Dijon January 25, 2015

“What’s your purpose?” “This might be a strange concept for you to understand, but God is important to me. It wasn’t always this way. When I was younger I was saying things about God that I was taught that I didn’t really understand. It wasn’t until I moved away from my support system to come to America that I begin to truly… Read More

“What’s the most difficult thing you’ve had to overcome and what did you learn?” “Coming…

Written by Dijon January 24, 2015

“What’s the most difficult thing you’ve had to overcome and what did you learn?” “Coming to terms with the reality that people die. Once I realized what death was like it made me scared. It made me scared to not live my real life.”… Read More

“What’s your purpose?” “To fight for the rights of girls worldwide.” “How are you going…

Written by Dijon January 24, 2015

“What’s your purpose?” “To fight for the rights of girls worldwide.” “How are you going to do that?” “By building and scaling a social enterprise that benefits women.”… Read More

“Where have you been and what have you learned doing this?” “I’ve been to Vancouver,…

Written by Dijon January 23, 2015

“Where have you been and what have you learned doing this?” “I’ve been to Vancouver, British Columbia, Portland, Seattle, Olympia, Eugene, Eureka, San Francisco, Oakland. The number one thing I’ve learned is how amazing strangers are. People say don’t talk to strangers, something bad might happen to you. Everyone I’ve met has been amazing! Let me stay at their house, even if… Read More

“I wrote a book last year that talks about solutions to some of our big…

Written by Dijon January 23, 2015

“I wrote a book last year that talks about solutions to some of our big global issues like poverty, homelessness, and underemployment. To raise awareness and support for my idea for the solution, which is a community incubator, I decided to spend a year walking from Canada to Mexico. There’s so much noise out there on the internet and on TV, so I… Read More