Sammy Qadan founded Sullivan’s Hollow, a group that intentionally rotates through musicians, in 2019 to perform at music festival Longwood Afternoon.
Whitney Perkins has held her role as graduate program director for Jackson State University’s Department of Communicative Disorders since 2022.
Canton, Miss., native Scotty Heath runs an award-winning YouTube channel called ScottyByNatureTV, where he reviews TV shows and discusses pop culture.
Now a senior site technician and 12-year employee for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Jeff Hollingsworth recalls his involvement in the scientific community during the COVID-19 pandemic as a time when he felt he was making a difference in the world around him.
Through his Lauderdale, Miss., business Carvings ’N’ Creations, Kyle Tullos offers crafts made using sandblasting, powder coating and other techniques.
Tiffany Bradford presently works as a certified fitness instructor at Hattiesburg’s Orangetheory Fitness. As someone who has felt judgment in fitness settings for being overweight, Bradford hopes to bring a spirit of body positivity to her classes.
MSMS student Georgianna McKenny won NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge for her project on the Jackson water crisis.
Liz Cain, a breast-cancer survivor, often hosts community fundraisers outside her Dalewood, Miss., gift shop and boutique, gg’s.
Mississippi native and Olympic gold medalist Frentorish “Tori” Bowie died in her home in April 2023 as a result of complications that arose during childbirth.
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