Zach Blair

Phoenix Mourning-Star lingered about South Bend throughout his childhood, but he spent a sizable portion of his formative years in nearby Niles, Michigan. He attended Saint Joseph High School, though he never finished. His mother taught at that level, and she …

Greg Helmkamp works on the green a couple hours from his hometown of Fort Wayne. Additionally, he’s the head golf professional at the South Bend Country Club. He filled the position in 2021, so he’s been busy lately finishing up his fifth year at the …

Jasmine Lindley’s story begins in South Haven, Michigan—a lakeside town where she grew up with Midwestern roots and a quiet determination that would one day shape her life’s purpose. After getting married, Lindley found herself traveling often for her …

Though he’s only a senior at Valparaiso High School, Trevor Faughnder is already making heavy-hitting changes in his world, starting with the community he lives in. He was in eighth grade when he pitched the idea to his mother that he wanted to play …

Sonya Nash is proud to have been brought up on Indiana farmlands. She grew up and went to high school in Warsaw, spending her earliest years in the country. Her heart is one with Hoosier plains, and currently she’s in the business of promoting the beauty of …

Founder and CEO of Novum Digital, Brian Gleva is one of Michiana’s homegrown talents. He grew up in the region, attending Mishawaka High School. His path didn’t take him right to college after graduation, as he spent a few years working general labor-type …

Mike Rayson is proudly from the Region. He grew up in Lake County, spending his childhood in Hammond and his adolescence in Highland. His high school studies were completed at Calumet New Tech High School in Gary. Today, he and his wife consider themselves …

Though she was born in Gary, Bonnie Albert is from the small town of Brimsfield, Indiana. She moved because of her father’s military service during World War II. As a young girl, she lived with her mother’s parents, and the town she grew up in then became …

Joe Hart comes from a region states away from Indiana, having grown up in North Central Pennsylvania. He went to earn a sports management degree at West Virginia University as an undergraduate, where he had the life-changing opportunity to take on an …

Annette Forrester grew up in Valparaiso, attending Boone Grove High School as a teenager. Her feet might be planted locally as of now, but for a certain period of her life, she spent her 20s moving around the country and visiting others. Once possessing the …