Adam is a front-end developer and entrepreneur who lives with his wife and three kiddos in small-town Oklahoma, where he can be found juggling development projects, a specialty coffee roastery, a tutoring business, and a nagging need for sleep (with moderate success). In his free time he enjoys making music with his wife and friends, drinking good coffee, and eating good pizza. #americandream (You can check out his coffee company here.)
Ashleigh is a multifaceted creative entrepreneur and mother of two living in NY. She has over 14 years of experience in design and digital media, and enjoys many creative endeavors, including cooking, painting, mothering children, and plants. In her spare time she is recording podcasts, reading, or dancing around her home with her kids.
Ashleigh believes that we create our reality through our choices and habits, and when we prepare for success, it is sure to come.
A curious girl who became a curious adult, South Florida native Bianca loves understanding the “why” behind things. With a BA in graphic design and minor in business administration, she enjoys the delicate balance of being creative and analytical to problem solve. Her experience in brand and website design fuels her dedication to making all the project pieces fit the big picture seamlessly. Behind the screens, Bianca’s hobbies include spending quality time with family and friends, solving logic puzzles, reading, experimenting with her hair, cooking, and traveling…safely of course!
Brandi is a digital strategist, strategic business consultant, and founder of Alchemy+Aim and North Star Sites, and co-founder at Interstellar Support. Brandi’s academic background in theatre, philosophy and physics was the perfect foundation for launching her business. She is an advocate for using technology in ways that humanize, connect, and serve people, as well as for asking deeper philosophical questions and teaching others to think more broadly about impact when they create, particularly in STEAM fields. Brandi is a natural connector and business matchmaker, who is always working to help others step into their genius work and leverage the expertise of those around them to achieve new levels of success and community along the way.
A native New Yorker, Claire is a lover of all things creative. She received her bachelor’s degree from New York University, where she completed a double major in Recorded Music and French language. As Project Coordinator, Claire works with the rest of the team to ensure that all projects are completed on time and reflect the excellent work that our clients do.
To date, she has lived in four countries, and has no plans to settle in one place any time soon! She is passionate about folk music, budget travel, and foreign language, and is always open to a good book recommendation.
Outdoor enthusiast and coffee connoisseur, Daphne is a San Diego, California resident with a great love for supporting others in reaching their goals. She appreciates a good spreadsheet and brings her passion for planning and research to her role as an Executive Assistant. She has worked as a Recreation Therapist in a state prison and lived in the Middle East working for a non-profit, offering a very unique background. When she is not on her computer, you might find her running along a beach, planning her next trip, or reading a book at a local coffee shop.
Ebrahim is a developer from Egypt. He has been working as a freelancer since he was 16 years old. Ebrahim loves working on complicated and interesting websites. In his spare time, he enjoys playing video games.
Greg began developing on his twelfth birthday. As a child, he would read PHP and Java manuals on the bus en-route to school and spend time in between class developing games on his TI-83 calculator. When he’s not coding, you can find him hiking with his wife and friends, at the gym, traveling, or in a quiet corner of one of the local libraries.
Hanna is a painter turned graphic designer currently living in Pennsylvania. She received her bachelors in Graphic and Interactive Design which she now uses at Alchemy+Aim to support clients’ design needs. Hanna believes in the importance of accessibility and research to inform her creative decisions. She also values teamwork and collaborating with people who want to make a meaningful impact on others. When she is not designing, you can catch Hanna painting, testing her spice limits with hot sauce, or trying to talk herself out of buying another guitar.
Jasmine is a passionate advocate for breaking down barriers and creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world through the help of digital technology. Thanks to her BA in Recreation Therapy from UNC Wilmington and a background in service dog handling, Jasmine is well-acquainted with the ADA and ensuring that both physical and virtual environments can be accessed by everyone, regardless of their abilities. She is also currently an Occupational Therapy Doctorate student at Duke University, where her research focuses on the intersection of accessibility and technology for low vision disorders and autism. If she’s not on her laptop you’ll most likely find her on an international adventure or court-side at a Blue Devils basketball game.
Justyna is a self-taught developer who made her first website at 13 when Geocities, tables, and animated GIFs were all the rage. She takes deep pride in clean and semantic code and truly enjoys learning and experimenting with new trends in web development. When not writing code, she can be found exploring new countries, going on adventures with her westie Milton, playing video games, and just generally being a geek.
Leanne is a self-taught developer with a love of well-written code and aesthetically pleasing design. She likes to travel, whether that’s to a quaint village in Northern Italy, or a snowy camper van trip around the Highlands of Scotland. When she’s not away from home, she enjoys hiking in the local hills, caring for her ever-growing plant collection, and planning her next adventure.
After a career in map-making and geographic information systems analysis, Neomi transformed her skills into the digital storytelling arts of web design and development. Now she enjoys the mix of tech and design to create websites that connect on a human level. Neomi currently lives in Costa Rica, balancing a life of tech, surfing, and yoga. In her free time she can be found leading classes on energy healing or catching waves in the warm waters of the Pacific.
Perpetually exhausted father of two, Phillip is a visual designer who likes to design and develop websites when he isn’t asleep. He enjoys spending time with his family, oil painting & mixed media, and trying new cuisine.
Radley was born and raised in Oregon and began programming in high school. His first piece of software was a tool to save and upload screenshots online. He started his career as a freelancer using programming to automate tasks. Fifteen years later, Radley now specializes in WordPress development and still enjoys the complex nature of programming.
