Audrey Hermes – Pastry Chef/Owner
Hello! My name is Audrey Hermes. I live in downtown San Diego and spend most of my time in Little Italy. I was born and raised in a small town in North Dakota, and…
Brad Weber – Choose Local First Foundation / Nonprofit Magazine Publisher / Printer / Marketing Consultant / Direct Mail
I’ve been a proud San Diegan since 1984 and I am never moving… I love it here! I grew up in a very tiny town of 800 in Colorado, and I love the small-town…
Amy Forsythe – Author of “Heroes Live Here: A Tribute to Camp Pendleton Marines Since 9/11”
Amy Forsythe is an award-winning military journalist who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been on assignment on several other overseas missions. Amy started her career as a U.S. Marine…
Nassir Azimi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FASNC
I aspired to enter medicine as a nine-year-old boy when I attended my mother’s graduation from medical school. Today, I am a quadruple board-certified interventional cardiologist in San Diego with a thriving office and hospital-based…
Kathy Christmas – Real Estate
Kathy Christmas is a residential real estate specialist and property investment advisor who has a comprehensive understanding of the San Diego housing market. She helps her clients achieve their dream of home ownership by…
Natalie May – Home and Office Cleaning
I was born in Bulgaria. I moved by myself to the USA after graduating college. I ended up in San Diego after a quick Google search for the best places to live in the…
Dee Ammon – Philanthropist
Photo by Dave Siccardi I was born in Guam. I’ve lived in San Diego since 1983. My husband Jon and I live in Alpine and have a blended family of five children, and six grandchildren….
Jacqueline J. Denysiak, MD – Healthcare / Philanthropist
I am a proud first-generation San Diegan, a devoted daughter of Polish immigrants, a small business owner of a private practice family medicine clinic in Hillcrest, a hot “yogi,” and an active philanthropist. I…


