Our team is a group of creative problem-solvers with a diverse weave of backgrounds and specialties.
Team Leads and Contributors
I adjust things so that ideas can grow together
Bloom ‘n Growth Manager"Creativity requires boundaries to become interesting. Without them, it’s no different from chaos." - Zat Rana
“The person who invented Cheerios should win the Nobel Peace Prize”
“When you’re backed against the wall, break the god damn thing down”
I tinker with old and new elements in order to create and recreate coherent designs for the brand
Visual Alchemist“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents”
“Dream big and enjoy the little things”
I welcome people to the team!
Onboarding Manager“You do not fear. You do not falter. You do not yield.” -Sarah J. Maas
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
“Improve, adapt, overcome.”
Only from the heart can you touch the sky - Rumi
Making pictures move has been my specialty for years
Animation Team“I won’t let fear compromise who I am” - Commander Shepard (Mass Effect Trilogy)
High School intern Team
“You have two lives, your second one starts when you realize you only have one”
“Comparison is the thief of joy” -Theodore Roosevelt
“Positive energy is contagious”
“Hi”
"Treat People With Kindness!"
"Failure is the True Success"
"Watch me get my success."
“Your now is not your forever.” - John Green
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” - Mae West
“When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.”
“Rule no. 1: Never lose money. Rule no. 2: Never forget rule number 1” - Warren Buffet
“Fortune Favors the Bold”
“Aw man”
“If you have a heartbeat, there’s still time for your dreams”- Sean Stephenson
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Life isn’t how to survive the storm; it’s about how to dance in the rain.”
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” - Victor Hugo
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking pave a new one” - Dolly Parton
“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking." -Steve Jobs
“It's good to be true with yourself but sometimes lying can create self-affirmation there's a reason why some say ‘fake it till you make it' ”
“Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do” -Steve Jobs
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” -Maya Angelou
“Be as you wish to seem” - Socrates
“You should never limit yourself to the confinement of your imagination”
"Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults." - Kim Namjoon
“Sometimes the best cup is chipped”
“We are meant to dream and make the things we dream about.” - Nicola Yoon
"Work as hard as you can in the present and future”
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"Don’t let a bad 5 minutes ruin your entire day."
"A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory!"
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” -Phillip Pullman, The Golden Compass
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. - Thomas Deva
“When nothing goes right, go left”
“I’m too lazy to write one.”
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
“Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.” - Bill Murray
“To control your life, you must first control your mind.”
"I started something, might as well finish it."
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
University Leads
“Equity is the only acceptable goal.” - Paul Farmer
“The first drink of the day is always coffee”
“All the best people are different -look at superheroes. After all, if superpowers were normal, everyone would have them.” ― Fredrik Backman
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“Don't complain about something unless you are willing to do something to change it”
Past & Ongoing Contributors
"Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path."
"Fulfill your truest and highest expression"
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." - Elon Musk
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” -T.S. Eliot
"Plant trees that other men will sit under.”-Benjamin Graham
“We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard.” - John F. Kennedy
“Sometimes, it takes a long time to sound like yourself” - Miles Davis
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“Hope, the light within the darkness”
"The best is yet to come"
“Perspective is our canvas, but our actions is what we paint”
“Success Doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.”-Marie Forleo
"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow"
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi
"Just trying to survive out here"
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”
“Stars can’t shine without darkness.”
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Seuss
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot
“if you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim”
Do not pity the dead, pity the living.
“Do or do not, there is no try”
“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”
“Sky’s the Limit”
"No pressure, no diamonds"
“Everyone’s a little crazy. Some just hide it better than others.”
hmmm... thinking...
"Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind!"
“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read”- Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there”
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers."
“What we think, we become” - Buddha
“Die with memories, not dreams”-unknown
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall”- Nelson Mandela
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
“My mind is like a web browser: 19 tabs are open, 3 are frozen, and I don’t know where the music is coming from.”
"Don’t stop until you’re proud."
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if you only remember to turn on the light”
“The sky’s the limit”
I cut and paste video together to tell a story
Video Editing Intern“Anything’s possible: you gotta dream like you’ve never seen obstacles.”
“Dedication sees dreams come true.”
Making it all go smoothly
Resource R&D Team Lead"If you smile, the world will smile back" 🙂
“It better to learn from mistakes rather than being shamed and discouraged by them”
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts” Diane von Furstenburg
"Once you carry your own water you will know the value of every drop."
"If you slam hours into anything you’ll eventually get better."
“There are two rules for success in life. One: Never give up all your secrets”
“Here’s an idea. What if we don’t worry about whatever comes next?” – Chidi Anagonye
I’m smart because my mom said so.
“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way." – Michael Scott
"From a little spark may burst a flame." - Dante Alighieri
Ay, where’s my charger, I know it didn’t grow legs!
"To shine in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody."
"Light tomorrow with today"
...hmmmm, thinking
head in the game
Business Development Team LeadI like criticism. It makes you strong - Lebron James
"The road to excellence is always under construction"
“Passion is an unmatched fuel. Add being happy, and you have the formula for good health.”
"The best view comes after the hardest climb"
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
“There are seven days in a week, and ‘someday’ isn’t one of them”
I share messaging around what we do and how we can help students.
Social Media Team“I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others”
Smile, life might surprise you
If you can dream it, you can do it.
“An apple a day can keep anyone away if you have good aim”
Underdressed and overeducated
I get to share the amazing work we do with the world through social media!
Social Media Manager“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bnpasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
“Make someone smile everyday”
"Just chilin like a villain"
I put together elements to create a visual bouquet
Visual Florist“What makes us the most normal is knowing that we’re not normal”
I develop our young team of up and coming developers
Coding Team Lead"Appreciate Yourself. You Will Achieve Eternal Happiness."
I transform ideas into a beautiful experience through visual telling.
Visual Architect“I work hard so my cat can have a better life”
“ If you don’t know which opportunity to take… take all of them.”
“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
“ I love watching Law and Order: SVU; I watched all 21 seasons at least two times each”
“Whatever happens, happens.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
"Have the courage to go forth... seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils." ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
"I love ice cream! It is a simply beautiful dessert. So versatile, sweet, refreshing, and comforting."
“Age is something that doesn’t matter unless you are a cheese.” --Luis Bunuel
I assist in all things marketing.
Marketing Team Lead“Worry less about what other people have done, and focus more on what you can control in your own life”
I create content: writing to designing, soup to nuts.
Content and Blog Master“Learn from everything.”
I wield code and the mighty power of Google to improve UX
Frontend Coding Team Lead"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss
sometimes content creator and strategic contributor, sometimes ardent grammarian
Content Chameleon“Where there’s a will, there’s a way”
"...we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction." - Audre Lorde
I work on and implement marketing strategies and solidify community partnerships.
Social Media TeamCreate Your own Sunshine!
"Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”