We asked some fantastic entrepreneurs and creatives to tell us about their first job in their field. Check out their stories below.

Bryon Johnson

After years of battling addiction and experiencing incarceration, my life began to change when I entered the Adult Drug Court program here in Las Vegas, NV. Through that program, I was introduced to 12-step recovery, which became the foundation for my transformation. I surrounded myself with people who shared the same vision for a better life—one rooted in recovery, accountability, and service. Read more>>

Dominique Shorter

I still remember getting the call. A local nonprofit that supports adults with developmental disabilities was hiring, and I had just graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology. At the time, I thought I’d become a marriage counselor. because that’s what you see on TV. I had no idea that this job—working in group homes—a job I didn’t even know existed, was about to change everything. Read more>>

Marjorie Moore

I took a really roundabout way into the nonprofit world of aging and disabilities.
Before TikTok and Facebook, before everyone had a video camera in their pocket, I majored in Broadcasting, and I had dreamed of working on commercial and music video sets and eventually becoming a producer. That all changed the summer before my senior year when I interned at a music video production house in Nashville. It was an awesome summer, I got to help pick the photo art for a Keith Urban album, I served a biscuit to Toby Keith on the set of the Who’s Your Daddy video, and I learned that the life balance that came with the gig work I would have to do for many years was not compatible with the life I saw for myself. Read more>>