Contributors

Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.

Dakota Jacobi has been capturing love stories for three years, photographing families, seniors and couples. She aims to document the candid, organic and “unposed” moments of life. Her mission is to not just take great pictures, but to build relationships and create experiences for her clients. When she’s not adventuring around California or editing in her favorite coffee shop, she spends her days at home with her two kids. www.dakotalynnphoto.com

Yvonne Mazzotta is inspired by the need. A publisher, content creator, graphic designer and mother of three, she brings beauty to all that she does. Executive Director for a local fashion alliance, Yvonne is grateful to bring fashion to the forefront of her community. Whether it’s feeding her curiosity or finding the right balance in a brand campaign you can guarantee, she’s on it! Monica Fatica is queen of the juggle. From editing community magazines to dabbling in the farming industry, there aren’t many tasks Monica won’t try. When she isn’t running from job to job, the married mother of three is catching up with family and loving all over her fur babies. Her passion for helping others and the love for her community inspire her to contribute to spreading all the good happening in the valley.

Jacque Baxley is a chef and co-owner of Farm Fresh Bowls. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 2019, her goal was to share fun foods with family and friends in a cookbook/ devotional called Nourish.

Michelle Adams is a publisher, designer, photo-retoucher, accountant, wife and mother who puts the M in multitasking. Michelle brings the calm and steady to an often chaotic environment and is a force of great wisdom with a gift for color choice. She loves bringing the great stories to life within the pages of multiple publications through beautiful design. But her favorite thing to do is spending time with her husband and daughter.