When he was still in his thirties, David Shoultz saw his world turned upside down when he had a heart attack. “Lying in the hospital bed, I decided that if and when I made it out, I was going to do something different and apply what I knew about the pharmaceutical developmental process,” says Shoultz. […]

Originally from Canada, Leezia Dhalla’s move to the U.S. two decades ago sparked her passion for working in immigration reform. “As I was trying to navigate this complex immigration system, I met more and more people like me who were trying to live here, and work here, and build a life here,” says Dhalla.“It’s a […]

Marcela Berrios was raised in the United States, where she was born after her parents fled Nicaragua’s civil war. When her family returned there when she was 12, she realized that her life’s work would be giving back to the community. “I wanted to stay there,” says Berrios, “and work there with my people and […]

In this series, WeWork’s director of digital community selects a WeWork member to get to know better, sharing her fun findings with the rest of the community.   TechDay is the largest event for startups in the U.S., bringing investors, early adopters, and members of the press together. (There’s also a TechDay convention in London.) Created just […]

Ever since he spent the summer before his senior year of high school living just outside of Tel Aviv, Phillip Brodsky wanted to start a dialog around the issues facing Israel. “I’ve always believed in leadership and positive social change,” says Brodsky. “One of the things that was important to me growing up was community […]

After living in New York for five years, Mariquel Waingarten became deeply nostalgic for Argentina, where she was born and raised. Wanting her Williamsburg apartment to feel a bit more like home, she approached her good friend, Alejandro Sticotti, an Argentinian architect and designer, with an idea. She proposed that he build handcrafted furniture made […]

Carissa Johnson found her calling early. She knew that she wanted to help people, and that the most challenging place was in nonprofit organizations. “I love the nonprofit world,” says Carissa Johnson, “whether it’s going for a goal and raising money or just raising awareness.” Johnson, who has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a […]

Emanuele Musini, a serial entrepreneur, knows how to turn a tragedy into an uplifting business. When his father, who struggled with medication nonadherence, passed, Musini felt compelled to focus on improving people’s health. “My father had problems remembering to take medication,” says Musini, founder of Pillo. “I noticed there wasn’t a good way to track […]