In our experience, talking about legacy is often subtly discouraged by society and we find this to be deeply unfortunate. Thinking about the legacy you would like to build can help you better align your work, life, time – your sweat and tears – with your values. Below, we’ve tried to create a space for folks to start conversations about they legacies they are hoping to build.

Jazley Trouser

As the founder of Life After Care (L.A.C.), my goal is to leave a lasting impact on the lives of foster children by providing them with purposeful resources and mentorship. I want my legacy to demonstrate that my program was a product of love, passion, and a genuine desire to address a crucial need in the foster care system. I hope my legacy will showcase my intentionality and passion in designing a program that equips foster children with the necessary life skills to navigate life after foster care. Read more>>

Heather Lancaster

To help put humanity back into marketing. I plan to build a legacy where marketing focuses more on building connections and relationships, educating and forming the curiosity to learn, and gathering communities who share the same values and can support each other – in short, more human-to-human connection and interaction. Read more>>

Kafayat Yusuf

I am dedicated to creating a lasting legacy centered around altruism, community support, and instilling hope. Recognizing prospective graduate students’ financial challenges, particularly as an international student, I have established my social media platform to help out. This platform is a comprehensive resource for sharing updates on various funding opportunities available to graduate students, aiming to alleviate the financial burdens associated with advanced education. Having personally experienced the pivotal role of scholarships in pursuing higher education, I am committed to providing valuable information to empower aspiring scholars on their academic journey. My goal is to contribute to the success of fellow graduate students by offering guidance on financial resources, ultimately making education more accessible. Read more>>

Tom Chepucavage

My envisioned legacy is centered around contributing to the advancement of affordable energy storage solutions and promoting more inclusive and secure access to power, while also making a positive impact on the environment by capturing carbon. Read more>>

Rachel Burch

When I think of the word legacy and the legacy I want to leave one day, I think of the legacy that my my cousin, Mary, left when she passed away. We lost my beautiful cousin two years ago, unexpectedly. She was the brightest light to everyone around her, her family, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. Mary never took one second for life granted. She was beautiful, kind, empathetic, hard-working, generous, loving, gracious, charismatic, courageous, brave, and intuitive. Read more>>

Joel Sartore

I’m not so much worried about my legacy as I am saving biodiversity and habitats, while there’s still time. If we continue on this path, the world will be greatly diminished, and humans could be at risk of extinction as well. Read more>>

Anu Reed

When I was younger, I used to believe that I wanted my legacy to be this brand or this inspirational celebrity who reaches out to the masses but now, especially after I became a mom, i see things differently. To be more specific, I see things in value differently. I wanna be a human that enhances someone’s life through my art, discipline and actions even if it’s just one person. I want my daughter to grow up and be proud to say I’m ANUQN’s daughter because of my mom, I became a good person. I want to be remembered as a human who cared, and gave to her community. And that will be my legacy. Read more>>

 Shelby Adamson

I know that each person in this life wants to be able to make a difference, I think it is in our human nature to want our legacy to live on beyond us. If there is a legacy that I could leave, it would be my faith, and that it is something that you can make known and be proud of. I feel that especially in this industry it is so easy to have your head get ‘lost in the clouds’, faith is that pillar that not only keeps you grounded but also gets you through when stress levels are high and economic times are uncertain. Read more>>

Nia Renee Kelley

I am apart of a legacy of strength, endurance, intelligence and hard workers. I would like to extend my legacy and build generational wealth, businesses and positive growth that will last a lifetime. One thing I have learned in my life span is that you can give, share and love and there will always be something said about you that is not true and it still won’t be enough. I hope to be remembered for the good things that I have given back to my family, community and the world. When my name is spoken that it will be of positivity in helping someone to excel in whatever they are wanting out of life. What comes from the heart reaches the heart and I’m so glad that God knows my heart! Read more>>

 Jess M

A legacy that inspires and encourages others to think, believe & achieve. It all began in 2017 working for myself as a natural lash specialist with the intent to prove I have what it takes to create a new story for MY life. I realized a job was not for me with 7+ years of experience building businesses & dreams for employers. I gathered all of my job-related skills and applied them to my daily lifestyle and what I love. While listening to business successors and observing the masses while doing the opposite, I’m 5 years later operating a successful beauty business starting from my home to my own storefront suite, I have built my dream life by keeping the promises I made to myself. Read more>>

NaTasha Reynolds

Wow, thats a deep question.. I hope that people will remember me for the passion that i have for helping people. I have a big heart and i wear my heart on my sleeve and i hope thats what i am remembered for. Read more>>

Tikima Bowers

I would like to be remembered as someone who brought light to a lost and dying world. I would like to be remembered as an advocate and for my voice. Read more>>

Durana Elmi

I hope to be remembered for making positive impacts in my community, for my people, and in relationships. I want to leave a lasting positive contribution, whether through my work, kindness, or innovation, and to be remembered as someone who made the world better. Read more>>

Grace Garza

I have two daughters that are my world. Everything I do is for them. With building my company and sacrificing so much, I often think of legacy. I am really working towards building a company that not only I am proud of, but they are too. I often think that one day they will take over and put an even fresher spin of what I’ve built. My oldest is very smart with numbers and organization and my youngest has a natural eye for design and art. Then it just continues from there, generation after generation. I work with a lot of craftsmen who’s grandfathers started the business. To me, that’s true success. Read more>>

Danielle Robinson

I believe a meaningful legacy as a volleyball coach involves inspiring my athletes to be and reach their full potential fostering a culture of teamwork and sportsmanship and leaving a lasting positive impact on their lives both on and off the court. My hope to build a legacy is centered on developing resilient, skilled young women who not only excel in the sport of volleyball but also carry the values of teamwork, sisterhood, discipline, grit, and sportsmanship into their lives beyond the game. I aim to inspire a lifelong love for the sport of volleyball and instill qualities that contribute to the personal growth and success of each of my players on and off the court. Read more>>

Toluwase Oladapo

I named my business ScribeSocial with a profound intention to embody the essence of storytelling in the digital age. As a passionate storyteller, I believe in the power of narratives to shape perceptions and build lasting connections. “Scribe” symbolizes the art of writing and crafting compelling stories, while “Social” reflects the contemporary landscape of social media—a powerful platform for sharing these narratives. My legacy is grounded in the belief that every brand has a unique story waiting to be told, and through ScribeSocial, I aim to be the conduit that brings these tales to life. Read more>>

Kimberly Lester

I hope my legacy will be one that teaches my kids and grandkids how to be kind and caring. How to be brave and take on challenges that seem scary. I hope they’ve learned not to let fear rule their lives, to believe in themselves and know they matter. I hope I’ve taught them those lessons by example. I hope I’ve showed them that we learn from our mistakes and know those mistakes enable us to do better the next time because of the lessons we’ve learned…I hope my legacy helps to teach others how to enjoy life, be happy, trust themselves, take risks, laugh out loud, live with integrity, and how important it is to persevere. Read more>>

Kenton Rivas

We strive to be remembered as the company that worked harder and did more than the others. We dive pools and save a bunch of water because we are aquaman or are aquatic.. what we do takes more time and energy but what we do saves water the same day and saves people from many times unnecessary repair costs. We are the best pool leak detection service. Our leak detection costs more than others but so much more is included in what we do. We want to be remembered for being a service that really helps people and does everything in our capability like we’re doing a job for our own family every single job. Read more>>

Ursula Rodriguez

The lasting impact Soleil Vida Studio hopes to make in la comunidad (the community) is to break down the status quo and cultural stigma surrounding healing. I aspire to empower a generation of mujeres (women) to radiate and model self-love, process/regulate their emotions, and creatively live su vida (their life) abundantly. Read more>>

Michael Schuessler

“Changing the perception of pastels, One stick at a time.” Putting Pastels on the map and changing the worlds perception of the medium forevermore. Chalk pastels are known as being done on paper and displayed under glass, 99% of the time. relatively small scale This medium has so many other applications available. The intensity and size can be made so much more! Read more>>

Nicole Nunez

I am hoping to build a legacy not only for my children’s children but for my community as well. A legacy that can be remembered not just financially but morally and ethically. I think they will say that I was an innovator in my field, I worked with tenacity while always put God and my family first. I was a loyal and faithful friend, a great wife and mother. I would like to be remembered for changing the way that children of color think about books and travel. Making it important for them to know that they don’t have to be a statistic and reading can take them all over the world!! To be will traveled is to be well cultured and that is everlasting. Read more>>

Marilee Nies

I’m not sure most business owners think of legacy when starting their entrepreneurial journey, but it most certainly should be considered, because realized or not, a legacy is built right along with the business. The business is a living entity of it’s own, so if we think of it like this, we realize, it can go on with or without us. Its name will live on. When I think of other vintage brands, my mind drifts to the qualities they have made mainstream, or the values they have instilled. Read more>>

Rachel Tucker

As an artist, my primary focus is on contributing to a legacy that extends beyond my personal recognition. I envision my artistic journey as a means to heal the planet through the powerful language of creative expression. I hold a profound belief that artists play a crucial role in making the world a better place by translating emotion, concepts, and energy into visual forms. While art takes diverse forms, my personal contribution lies in the realm of visual arts, with painting being my chosen medium. Read more>>

Kristen Maldonado

The legacy I hope to leave behind with Pop Culture Planet is one of hustle, resilience, kindness, and inclusion. I hope that after I’m gone people will remember me as a woman who paved a wave for underrepresented voices with my journalism work and who helped uplift people in front of the camera, behind it, and in criticism. Read more>>

Scarlett Ripberger

We all have the desire to be remembered personally, my desire is to have my poetry out in the world for others. My poetry is full of experiences good and bad, and I struggled to find words that represented how I felt during the loss of my mother. I felt like there was plenty of poetry about flowers and love but not enough of grief. I had always been a poet but never shared any of it with the world. In my time of need, I realized that my words could help others in their healing journeys. Read more>>