Career

By Megan M. Seckman It took having a baby for Katie Judah, 38, to slow down enough to find her passion. After the birth of her daughter, Miriam, now 10, Katie found herself looking for something to do while her infant napped. She began the quiet hobby of jewelry making, which she hadn’t done since her high school days. After stockpiling hordes of necklaces and earrings, she decided to start selling.“I kept giving my jewelry to my mom, so when she started saying, ‘Oh, thanks, honey’ with wide eyes because I’d already given her so [...]

By Megan M. Seckman In a million years, Louisa Kleinert never would have guessed that her career as a classically trained oil painter would lead her down the path — over hills and valleys of loss and self-actualization — to her current destination: professional makeup and cosmetic tattoo artist. But here is where she has found her dream job.Louisa, 30, became a freelance oil painter after graduating from Centre College with a degree in fine arts, but was bitten by the academic bug and decided to attend graduate school in Philadelphia. Shortly after her theory [...]

By Megan M. Seckman At 29, Tytianna Wells Smith has accomplished great things. She has traveled the world from Senegal to the Caribbean to China. She earned a master’s degree in Pan-African Studies from the University of Louisville, is a doctoral student, and an educator of multicultural curriculum and design. She is also a published author and illustrator of a series of children’s books, co-founder of the publishing company Honey Tree Publishing, and is a poet, artist, and wife. But, like the title of her book series Sweet Pea and Sugar Tea’s Family Adventures suggests, this [...]