NAME? Serene Smallwood WHAT DO YOU DO? Development Coordinator – Big Bend Cares/Care Point Health & Wellness Center HOMETOWN? Daytona Beach, FL What brought you to Tallahassee? I came as a student back in 2014, got a degree in Criminology by 2017, and started looking off-campus for how to enjoy the city I lived in. […]
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NAME? Devin Starnes WHAT DO YOU DO? AVP, Associate Relationship Manager – Prime Meridian Bank HOMETOWN? Tallahassee, FL What is your favorite thing about Tallahassee? My favorite part of Tallahassee is networking in the community I grew up in. For anyone who has started their professional career in their hometown, it is a daunting task […]
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NAME? Alexis Bondi WHAT DO YOU DO? Operations Manager – Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority HOMETOWN? Tallahassee, FL TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: My family moved to Tallahassee when I was just four years old, so I’ve had the pleasure of growing up in this beautiful city. I then went to Florida State University before starting […]
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NAME? Christian Suero WHAT DO YOU DO? Director of Sales – Donald L Tucker Civic Center HOMETOWN? Hollywood, Florida TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: I moved to Tallahassee in 2016 when I started as a freshman at Florida State. After graduating from FSU I lived and worked in Dallas, Texas until returning to Tallahassee in […]
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NAME? Suzanne Holloway WHAT DO YOU DO? Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Extension Leon County HOMETOWN? Gainesville, Florida TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: I think the majority of people my age move to Tallahassee for educational purposes, but I came here because of a job. Ironically, I left Gainesville, the heart of […]
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NAME? Reese Kerlin WHAT DO YOU DO? Employee Benefits Advisor at HUB International HOMETOWN? Kirksville, Missouri TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: Work took me out to New Jersey in 2016, where I lived until 2022 and ultimately met my now-wife, Kristin, who was born and raised there. After my sister and I left home in […]
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NAME? Sadaf Zendehdel Martin WHAT DO YOU DO? Senior Data Scientist at Knowli Data Science HOMETOWN? Galveston, Texas TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: I moved to Tallahassee from Texas for grad school, intending to work as a Demographer for the Census Bureau. I earned my master’s degree in 2013, right in the middle of a […]
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NAME? Andre Ross WHAT DO YOU DO? Branch Manager at Gulf Winds Credit Union HOMETOWN? Gainesville, Florida TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: After graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi, I was drawn to the vibrant energy of Tallahassee, a place that felt like home and was brimming with young professionals ready to make their […]
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NAME? Katie Booker WHAT DO YOU DO? Director of Digital Marketing at RBOA – Digitally Driven Marketing HOMETOWN? St. Petersburg, Florida TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY: I came to Tallahassee as a freshman at TCC (now TSC) and transferred to FSU for my Junior year. I already had a full-time job that was based in […]
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NAME?Dustin Ropp WHAT DO YOU DO?Business Owner/Ad Media at Axis Point Media HOMETOWN?Huffman, TX TELL US YOUR TALLAHASSEE STORY:While in the Marine Corps, we had neighbors in Camp Pendleton who are from Tallahassee. After I got stationed in North Carolina, my wife and I came down to visit them and we fell in love with […]