In March of 2020 there was a moment of widespread panic – it wasn’t just about public health, it was also economic. Would our economy survive a prolonged pandemic? A few years in the answer is clear – it did survive and it was able to because of the spirit and the resolve of our people. Hard working mom and pops working overtime to implement new revenue streams for the businesses, artists and creators finding new ways to collaborate and share their art with their fans and folks from every neighborhood in the country finding ways to adapt and carry on. We wanted to honor those stories by creating a space to share those stories and you’ll find some of the below.

Ashley Barrett

Before Covid most of my photo shoots involved big teams and quite a bit of production involved. The pandemic changed all of that for me. As we were easing out of quarantine, shoots for brands were very small. Sometimes they would just send me the product and I would get together with the model or subject and do the shoot by ourselves. Read more>>

Zaid Alawad

Hi everyone, We are Wish Out Loud. A family-owned and operated small business, that was established in 2017 and currently servicing Orange County. We offer all-inclusive party packages for children. We take the headache and hassle out of every busy parent and we host and manage everything from A to Z. Read more>>

Yana

Covid impacted the lives of everyone in all walks of life, without doubt. The creative industry suffered greatly as they were basically the first ones to close and the last to reopen. The effects could and in some cases still can be felt to this day, What it meant for me? Well, since we could not play live, each artist was forced to find a different way to maintain the career. Read more>>