Meagan Cupka didn’t set out to be an environmental warrior. She entered Hollins University looking towards an art major, until an environmental studies course taken to fulfill a general education requirement set her on a new path. Today, she’s the Assistant Director the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy. [People] don’t know who we are and […]

Be Inspired | Do Good When Tom Field was getting ready to launch his business back in 1993, he got some advice: “You don’t want to do this.” For the aspiring entrepreneur, those five words can either keep them from moving forward or act as a great motivator. For Field, now president of Berryfield Marketing […]

Be Inspired | Do Good It’s always interesting to find common themes in our guests, because we get to see what’s motivated them. With Diane Rumbolt, we see a lifelong passion for helping others. Her story starts in Toronto, Canada, where she was born and raised. Her childhood was impacted by her father, who struggled […]

Be Inspired | Do Good Shawn Nowlin is the editor of the Salem Times-Register, an avid basketball fan and music lover, a supporter of independent media and local business, and someone who always seeks out the truth, whether in a news story or politics. He aspired to be a writer as a first grader, and […]

Be Inspired | Do Good Mark Bradford is a Roanoke native who has created a business out of chasing his dreams. While his degree is in respiratory therapy, Mark has always had a deep passion for the arts. Over the years, he’s taught drum lessons and written music; he currently plays bass in a jazz […]

Be Inspired | Do Good As a child, Marie Aprile was diagnosed with multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE). This disease is also known as multiple hereditary osteochondromatosis, and it’s a rare bone disease in which bony tumors grow from the growth plates found at the ends of long bones. People living with MHE grow accustomed to […]