Elisa left her hometown in Italy in 1979 for what was then just a small mid-western town in Colorado. Her journey certainly wasn’t an easy one, as she not only had to adapt to a new world, but didn’t even speak English. Coming from the population dense town of Naples, Elisa’s first impression of Colorado […]

While Theresa has lived all over the world, from Prague to Costa Rica, she is a native to the Denver area, growing up at the bottom of the foothills that lay west of the city. Being raised so close to the mountains has rooted her in nature, which is a major influence in her lifestyle […]

Sophia T. Bohall grew up on the east coast outside of Washington, D.C., in Clarksville, Maryland.  Although she was raised in a metropolitan area she craved a more laid back environment so after graduating High School she jetted off to Arizona State University (ASU), “I only applied to colleges where you could wear flip-flops year […]

  Meet Marisa Oldefest, a Colorado native and former ballet dancer who 20 years ago experienced an auto accident that would forever change her path in life.  “In my early twenties I was in an auto accident where I got a pretty bad whiplash neck injury, so I put dance on hold and I was […]

  Meet Alex Rivera, originally from Isabela, a small town in the Northwest coast of Puerto Rico. After attending his brother’s wedding in Denver in 1998, he decided to move out here himself in April of 1999.  Six months later, he was a self-employed contractor accomplishing mostly residential remodels.  Back in 2011, Alex and his […]

Thomas and Davi are both international graduate students studying Chemical Engineering at The Colorado School of Mines. Thomas came here on exchange and was supposed to only be here for a year; however, he has already extended that by 6 months. Davi has been here for 3 years, first living in Golden then moving to […]

Meet Michael “Santa” Thein. The Santa nickname coming from what people like to call him, and between his physical appearance and persona, it is an accurately fitting name. Michael is a very buoyant, upbeat character, radiating with charm as he sits in his wheelchair on the corner of 16th and Champa. He sits with a […]

Benda is originally from Hickory, North Carolina but moved to Dallas-Fort Worth as a child and lived there until three years ago when she made the big decision to follow her heart and move to Denver.  She is a realtor at Your Castle Real Estate, “I love getting to meet people and getting to socialize as […]

Kathryn is an artist from Anchorage, Alaska. She arrived in Denver yesterday and has already been amazed by the ever-changing weather for which Colorado is known. Kathryn was surprised by the size of Denver but has enjoyed the people, saying they seem “very outdoorsy,” which reminds her of home. While she’s just starting to get […]

  Meet Stephanie Vasilius, a Denver native and new business owner of the Taj Mutt Hal— a brand new local family-owned pet store located in the Highlands that pet owners are going to love shopping at and love bringing their pets for first-class grooming services.  After exploring life for four years in Hawaii and California, […]